WoRMS taxon details
Aspidiscus König, 1825 †
1440139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440139)
accepted
Genus
Aspidiscus shawi König, 1825 † (type by original designation)
Cyclophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helladastraea Avnimelech, 1947 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Aspidiscus cristatus (Lamarck, 1801) †
- Species Aspidiscus cristatus König, 1825 †
- Species Aspidiscus felixi Renz, 1930 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Aspidiscus labyrinthicus Hoppe, 1922 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Aspidiscus shawi König, 1825 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
König, C.D.E. (1825). Icones Fossilium Sectiles: Centuria Prima. London. Pp. 1-4, 19 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57692424 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Aspidiscus König, 1825 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440139 on 2025-09-17
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Nomenclature
original description
König, C.D.E. (1825). Icones Fossilium Sectiles: Centuria Prima. London. Pp. 1-4, 19 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57692424 [details]
Other
additional source
Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, cupolate, hydnophoroid. Gemmation circumoral. Septa compact to subcompact, laterally strongly granulated. Synapticulae present. Endothecal dissepiments numerous. Wall synapticulothecal. [details]
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