Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Malacalcyonacea > Family Xeniidae > Genus Anthelia

Anthelia fallax Broch, 1912

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anthelia*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Broch, H. (1912). Die Alcyonarien des Trondhjemsfjordes. I. Alcyonacea. Det Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter. 1911 (7): 1-48.
basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium. 279-296.
additional source	Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S. 5(13): 1-65.
additional source	Molander, A.R. (1914). Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish State Museum (Rijksmuseum). 7. Alcyonacea. Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar. 51(11): 1-94, plates 1-3.
status source	Moore, K. M.; Alderslade, P.; Miller, K. J. (2017). A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa. 4304(1): 1.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Anthelia fallax Broch, 1912. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125346