WoRMS taxon details
Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834
AphiaID: 135116
AphiaID: 135116
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Flabellidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Monomyces anthophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Flabellidae Bourne, 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1826) Species Monomyces rubrum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Species Monomyces anthophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1826) Species Monomyces uchiuraensis Eguchi, 1972 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 0-410 m [details] Description: Indo-Pacific genus of non-reef building scleractinians. Solitary, attached, shaped like an inverted cone or trumpet-shaped. Lateral rootlets are present, and columellae are absent (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Fossil range: Miocene to Recent [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135116 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135116 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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