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Xenia Lamarck, 1816

1379195 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1379195)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Xeniidae (Family)
  8. Xenia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Xeniidae Ehrenberg, 1828
Actinantha Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Loridella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Massarella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Wardella Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Xoenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Xenia actuosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
  2. Species Xenia ainex Reinicke, 1997
  3. Species Xenia amparoi Roxas, 1933
  4. Species Xenia antarctica Kükenthal, 1902
  5. Species Xenia ashworthi
  6. Species Xenia bauiana May, 1899
  7. Species Xenia blumi Schenk, 1896
  8. Species Xenia crassa Schenk, 1896
  9. Species Xenia crenata Reinicke, 1997
  10. Species Xenia crispitentaculata Verseveldt, 1977
  11. Species Xenia crista Reinicke, 1997
  12. Species Xenia cylindrica Roxas, 1933
  13. Species Xenia danae Verrill, 1869
  14. Species Xenia dayi Tixier-Durivault, 1959
  15. Species Xenia delicata Roxas, 1933
  16. Species Xenia depressa Kükenthal, 1909
  17. Species Xenia distorta Tixier-Durivault, 1966
  18. Species Xenia elongata Dana, 1846
  19. Species Xenia faraunensis (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
  20. Species Xenia fimbriata Utinomi, 1955
  21. Species Xenia fisheri Roxas, 1933
  22. Species Xenia flava Roxas, 1933
  23. Species Xenia florida (Lesson, 1826)
  24. Species Xenia fusca Schenk, 1896
  25. Species Xenia garciae Bourne, 1894
  26. Species Xenia gohari Reinicke, 1997
  27. Species Xenia grasshoffi Verseveldt, 1974
  28. Species Xenia hamsina Reinicke, 1997
  29. Species Xenia heterocrypta
  30. Species Xenia hicksoni Ashworth, 1899
  31. Species Xenia humilis Verseveldt, 1977
  32. Species Xenia impulsatilla Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971
  33. Species Xenia indivisa
  34. Species Xenia intermedia Roxas, 1933
  35. Species Xenia kukenthali Roxas, 1933
  36. Species Xenia kusimotoensis Utinomi, 1955
  37. Species Xenia lepida Verseveldt, 1971
  38. Species Xenia lillieae Roxas, 1933
  39. Species Xenia mayi Roxas, 1933
  40. Species Xenia medusoides May, 1899
  41. Species Xenia membranacea Schenk, 1896
  42. Species Xenia miniata Reinicke, 1997
  43. Species Xenia mucosa Verseveldt & Tursch, 1979
  44. Species Xenia multipinnata (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
  45. Species Xenia multispiculata Kükenthal, 1909
  46. Species Xenia nana Hickson, 1930
  47. Species Xenia novaebritanniae Ashworth, 1900
  48. Species Xenia novaecaledoniae Verseveldt, 1974
  49. Species Xenia puertogalerae Roxas, 1933
  50. Species Xenia pulsitans Kent, 1893
  51. Species Xenia quinqueserta May, 1899
  52. Species Xenia rubens Schenk, 1896
  53. Species Xenia samoensis Kölliker
  54. Species Xenia sansibariana May, 1899
  55. Species Xenia sansibarina
  56. Species Xenia schenki Roxas, 1933
  57. Species Xenia sexseriata Verseveldt, 1977
  58. Species Xenia spicata Li, 1982
  59. Species Xenia stellifera Verseveldt, 1977
  60. Species Xenia ternatana Schenk, 1896
  61. Species Xenia tripartita Roxas, 1933
  62. Species Xenia tumbatuana May, 1898
  63. Species Xenia umbellata Lamarck, 1816
  64. Species Xenia viridis Schenk, 1896
  65. Species Xenia viridus Schenk, 1896
  66. Species Xenia arabica (Reinicke, 1995) accepted as Ovabunda arabica (Reinicke, 1995)
  67. Species Xenia benayahui (Reinicke, 1995) accepted as Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995)
  68. Species Xenia biseriata Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda biseriata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
  69. Species Xenia faraunenesis (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) accepted as Ovabunda faraunenesis (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
  70. Species Xenia macrospiculata Gohar, 1940 accepted as Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940)
  71. Species Xenia obscuronata Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971 accepted as Ovabunda obscuronata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
  72. Species Xenia plicata Schenk, 1896 accepted as Xenia blumi Schenk, 1896
  73. Species Xenia rigida May, 1899 accepted as Heteroxenia rigida (May, 1899)
  74. Species Xenia uniserta Kükenthal, 1902 accepted as Heteroxenia uniserta (Kükenthal, 1902)
  75. Species Xenia verseveldti Benayahu, 1990 accepted as Ovabunda verseveldti (Benayahu, 1990)
marine
recent only
Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 409 [details] 
IRMNG (2025). Xenia Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379195 on 2026-07-17
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

original description Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, (présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des characteres essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie). Tome 2. pp. 1–568. Paris: Verdière. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 409 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Fautin, 2005 [details] 

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Fautin, 2005 [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details] 

original description (of Xaenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. & Michelotti, J. (1860). Mémoire sur les Coralliaires des Antilles. Extrait des Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Turin. Série II. Tome XIX. L'Imprimerie Royale, Turin, 89 pp. [preprint of Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (2) 19: 279-365]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11762431
page(s): 16 [details] 

original description (of Massarella Gray, 1869) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 3
page(s): 119 [details] 

original description (of Actinantha Lesson, 1831) in Duperry, Voy. "Coquille, " Zool., 2 (2) 2
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Loridella Gray, 1869) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 3
page(s): 126 [details] 

original description (of Wardella Gray, 1869) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 3
page(s): 127 [details] 

original description (of Xoenia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. & Michelotti, J. (1860). Mémoire sur les Coralliaires des Antilles. Extrait des Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Turin. Série II. Tome XIX. L'Imprimerie Royale, Turin, 89 pp. [preprint of Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (2) 19: 279-365]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11762431
page(s): 88 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Massarella Gray, 1869)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Massarella Gray, 1869)
To WoRMS 
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