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Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830 
AphiaID: 135110

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Typetaxon of  Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
Parent Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
Synonymised
taxa
  Brasseyia Wright, 1882
Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968 (junior homonym)
Sources  basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details]

basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, 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. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson (2010). Corallosphere, available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1994. Scleractinia of the Temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 557:150 pp., 42 plates, 3 figs.  [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smith. Cont. Zool. 615: 75 pp., 14 pls., 3 figs.  [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Dendrophyllia aculeata Latypov, 1990
Species Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954)
Species Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880
Species Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926
Species Dendrophyllia californica Durham, 1947
Species Dendrophyllia carleenae Nemenzo, 1983
Species Dendrophyllia cecilliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Dendrophyllia cladonia van der Horst, 1927
Species Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Dendrophyllia cribrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Species Dendrophyllia dilatata van der Horst, 1927
Species Dendrophyllia ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime
Species Dendrophyllia elegans Bernard
Species Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902
Species Dendrophyllia futojiku Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
Species Dendrophyllia granosa Studer, 1878
Species Dendrophyllia ijimai Yabe & Eguchi, 1934
Species Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952)
Species Dendrophyllia indica Pillai, 1969
Species Dendrophyllia johnsoni Cairns, 1991
Species Dendrophyllia laboreli Zibrowius & Brito, 1984
Species Dendrophyllia minima Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
Species Dendrophyllia minuscula Bourne, 1905
Species Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924
Species Dendrophyllia paragracilis Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
Species Dendrophyllia radians (Wright, 1882)
Species Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905)
Species Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
Species Dendrophyllia velata Crossland, 1952

Species Dendrophyllia semiramea Blainville, 1834 (nomen nudum)

Subgenus Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830
  » Species Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Dendrophyllia wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968)
Species Dendrophyllia aequiserialis Milne Edwards & haime, 1848 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Dendrophyllia affinis Duncan, 1889 accepted as Tubastaea coccinea Lesson, 1830 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Species Dendrophyllia amphelioides Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878)
Species Dendrophyllia atrata Dennant, 1906 accepted as Astrangia atrata (Dennant, 1906)
Species Dendrophyllia aurantiaca Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Species Dendrophyllia axifuga Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Duncanopsammia axifuga (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia coarctata Duncan, 1889 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia conferta Quelch, 1886 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia cornucopia De Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Eguchipsammia cornucopia (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Dendrophyllia cortezi Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924
Species Dendrophyllia cyathoides Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Dendrophyllia diaphana Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea diaphana (Dana, 1846)
Species Dendrophyllia elegans van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia erecta Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia fistula Alcock, 1902 accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902)
Species Dendrophyllia florentula van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902
Species Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)
Species Dendrophyllia goesi Lindstrom, 1877 accepted as Rhizopsammia goesi (Lindström, 1877)
Species Dendrophyllia gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia horsti Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia japonica Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Eguchipsammia japonica (Rehberg, 1892)
Species Dendrophyllia japonica van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926
Species Dendrophyllia klunzingeri van der Horst, 1926 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Species Dendrophyllia micrantha (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Dendrophyllia nouhuysi Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia oahensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902)
Species Dendrophyllia palita Squires & Keyes, 1967 accepted as Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954)
Species Dendrophyllia praecipua accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)
Species Dendrophyllia pusilla Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia pusilla (Alcock, 1902)
Species Dendrophyllia rubeola Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Culicia rubeola (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Dendrophyllia scabrosa dana, 1846 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabrosa (Dana, 1846)
Species Dendrophyllia serpentina Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Eguchipsammia serpentina (Vaughan, 1907)
Species Dendrophyllia sibogae van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Tubastraea diaphana (Dana, 1846)
Species Dendrophyllia sphaerica Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia subcornigera Eguchi, 1969 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
Species Dendrophyllia surcularis Verrill, 1869 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Species Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829
Species Dendrophyllia viridis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Species Dendrophyllia wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968)
Species Dendrophyllia willeyi (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Cladopsammia willeyi (Gardiner, 1899)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
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Notes  Depth range: 1-900 m [details]

Description: Ahermatypic, colonies are dendroid becoming bushy by extratentacular budding. Corallites are tubular with septa fused according to Pourtales Plan. Polyps are extended mostly at night and are large and fleshy (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

Fossil range: Paleocene to Recent [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark: Type species: Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758 from an unrecorded locality (Veron, 1986).
type locality is Mediterranean - Cairns [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135110
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-09-07 13:48:11Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135110 on 2013-05-19
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