WoRMS taxon details
Placotrochides Alcock, 1902
AphiaID: 135117
AphiaID: 135117
| 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 | Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902 (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] 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] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smith. Cont. Zool. 486: 136 pp., 42 pls., 3 figs. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Placotrochides cylindrica Cairns, 2004 Species Placotrochides frustum Cairns, 1979 Species Placotrochides minuta Cairns, 2004 Species Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902 Species Placotrochides dentiformis Alcock, 1902 accepted as Premocyathus dentiformis (Alcock, 1902) Species Placotrochides kikutii Yabe & Eguchi, 1941 accepted as Idiotrochus kikutii (Yabe & Eguchi, 1941) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 119-1628 m [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135117 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Placotrochides Alcock, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135117 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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