WoRMS taxon details
Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
135129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135129)
accepted
Genus
Turbinolia crispa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) Wells, 1935
- Species Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) auritus Pourtalès, 1874
- Species Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905
- Species Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) moseri Wells, 1935 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) evexicostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) gardineri Squires, 1961
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) imbricaticostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) lindstroemi Cairns, 2000
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) squiresi Cairns, 1995
- Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cuneolus Cairns, 2004 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus variolaris Tenison-Woods, 1878
- Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Idiotrochus) Wells, 1935 accepted as Idiotrochus Wells, 1935 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenotrochus (Idiotrochus) emarciatus (Duncan, 1865) accepted as Idiotrochus emarciatus (Duncan, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Turbinolia) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenotrochus cuneolus Cairns, 2004 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus dentosus Boshoff, 1981 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus macandrewanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Sphenotrochus moseleyi (Pourtalès, 1880) accepted as Flabellum (Ulocyathus) moseleyi Pourtalès, 1880 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenotrochus moseri Wells, 1935 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus raphae Squires, 1964 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Sphenotrochus rubescens (Moseley, 1876) accepted as Alatotrochus rubescens (Moseley, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphenotrochus viola (Duncan, 1864) accepted as Notocyathus conicus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus wrighti Gosse, 1860 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sphenotrochus andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Sphenotrochus aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904
- Species Sphenotrochus auritus Pourtalès, 1874 represented as Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) auritus Pourtalès, 1874
- Species Sphenotrochus cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018
- Species Sphenotrochus evexicostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) evexicostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993
- Species Sphenotrochus excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878
- Species Sphenotrochus gardineri Squires, 1961 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) gardineri Squires, 1961
- Species Sphenotrochus gilchristi Gardiner, 1905 represented as Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905
- Species Sphenotrochus hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952
- Species Sphenotrochus lindstroemi Cairns, 2000 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) lindstroemi Cairns, 2000
- Species Sphenotrochus ralphae Squires, 1964 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964
- Species Sphenotrochus squiresi Cairns, 1995 represented as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) squiresi Cairns, 1995
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 7-403 m
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Depth range 7-403 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135129 on 2024-09-20
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original description
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2011). Review of the Japanese species of Alatotrochus and Sphenotrochus (Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae), with description of a new species, A. japonicus. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Nature and Science.</em> 47: 39-50. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 767-768, Pl. 2, fig. 10-19 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 536 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2011). Review of the Japanese species of Alatotrochus and Sphenotrochus (Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae), with description of a new species, A. japonicus. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Nature and Science.</em> 47: 39-50. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 767-768, Pl. 2, fig. 10-19 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 536 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors
[request] 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. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors
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Comparison See Turbinolia [details]Diagnosis Corallum cuneiform, with a rounded base or one with costal spurs (“fishtails”) and a calice elliptical in cross section; GCD up to ; GCD up to 10 mm; theca imperforate; costae independent, smooth to finely granular, often discontinuous; septa hexamerally arranged in 3-4 cycles; pali absent; columella lamellar. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Thirty-six species, including about 14 Recent, listed by Cairns (1997). [details]
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Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 7-403 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
