WoRMS taxon details
Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794)
AphiaID: 135159
AphiaID: 135159
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Desmophyllum (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Desmophyllum capense Gardiner, 1904 Desmophyllum costatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Desmophyllum cristagalli Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Synonym) Desmophyllum cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Desmophyllum ingens Moseley, 1880 Desmophyllum reflexum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Desmophyllum serpuliforme Gravier, 1915 Madrepora dianthus Esper, 1794 Thalassiotrochus telegraphicus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1861 | |||||||
| 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: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap, and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Rec. of West. Austr. Mus. 18(4): 361-417, 9 pls. [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2004. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia of Australia. Rec. Australian Mus., 56(3): 259-329, 12 pls. [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-Water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mem. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris, 180: 31-167. [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., V. Haussermann, and G. Forsterra. 2005. A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 1018: 15-46, 8 figs. [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Cairns, S.D., and Zibrowius, H., 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 172: 27-243, including 29 pls. (=MUSORSTOM Rep. 16). [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., 1994. Scleractinia of the Temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 557:150 pp., 42 plates, 3 figs. [details] from synonym: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. page(s): 206 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., and N.B. Keller, 1993. New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 1982. Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. Antarctic Research Series 34: 1-74. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 1981. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. NOAA Tech. Rept. NMFS Circ. 438: l4 pp., l6 figs. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 1991. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Smith. Cont. Zool. 504: 32 pp., 12 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cairns, S.D., and S. A. Parker, 1992. Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Rec. S. Australian Mus., Mono. Ser. 3: 82 pp., 18 pls. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Bermuda [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (178 nucleotides; 27 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 8-2460 m [details] Distribution: cosmopolitan [details] Habitat: shelf to slope [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135159 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135159 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||
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