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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884 
AphiaID: 135099

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexacorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScleractinia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaryophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBlastosmilia pourtalesi Duncan, 1878 (type by monotypy)
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBlastosmilia Duncan, 1878
Sources 
redescription Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs.  [details]

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taxa (3)
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[sort alpha..]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPourtalosmilia conferta Cairns, 1978

Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPourtalosmilia dumosa Alcock, 1902 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGoniocorella dumosa (Alcock, 1902)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank  
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBiology azooxanthellate [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDepth range 25-300 m [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHomonymy Replacement name for Blastosmilia Duncan, 1878, a junior homonym of Blastosmilia Etallon, 1859 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135099
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2006-09-27 07:06:07Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-13 23:22:01Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2014). Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135099 on 2014-08-01
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