Parasphaerasclera morifera

Parasphaerasclera morifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleralcyonacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Classis: Octocorallia Ordo: Scleralcyonacea

Familia: Parasphaerascleridae
Genus: Parasphaerasclera
Species: Parasphaerasclera morifera

Name

Parasphaerasclera morifera (Tixier-Durivault, 1954) McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013

Original combination: Nidalia morifera Tixier-Durivault, 1954

Type locality; South Africa, station AFR1028, depth: 27 m.

Holotype: MNHN-IK-2000-67

Synonymy

• Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
• Nidalia morifera Tixier-Durivault, 1954
• Nidalia moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954)

References

Primary references

• McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys 346: 59–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.346.6270 Reference page.  [recombination reference]

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Parasphaerasclera morifera (Tixier-Durivault, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743784 on 2020-10-01
• MNHN, Chagnoux S (2020). The cnidarians collection (IK) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 37.175. MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7wd1vk accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-10-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1265864846

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