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Premocyathus cornuformis (Pourtalès, 1868) 
AphiaID: 135167

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Premocyathus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Premocyathus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942
Synonymised
taxa		  Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cornuformis Pourtalès, 1868
 Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) pourtalesi Duncan, 1873
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., 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]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details]

new combination reference: 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]

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: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English lesser horn coral  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 137-2360 m [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135167
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Premocyathus cornuformis (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135167 on 2013-05-20
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