WoRMS taxon details

Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

157967  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157967)

accepted
Species
Astrangia astreiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrangia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrangia danae Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrangia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (emended spelling)
Astrangia edwardsii Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora poculata Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora poculata Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Neotype  (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards &...  
Neotype (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) USNM 80350, verbatimGeounit Off Atlantic City, N... [details]
Depth range 0-263 m  
Depth range 0-263 m [details]

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas  
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas [details]

Fossil range Miocene to Recent  
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157967 on 2024-03-19
Date
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2005-05-24 16:52:44Z
created
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2010-08-07 15:51:33Z
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2010-09-25 12:49:11Z
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2018-08-17 16:44:54Z
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2022-06-20 07:43:57Z
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original description  (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197.
page(s): 181 [details]   

original description  (of Astrangia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Astrangia astreiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]   

original description  (of Madrepora poculata Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Astrangia edwardsii Verrill, 1866) Verrill, A.E. (1866). On the polyps and corals from Panama with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 323-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492305
page(s): 324 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C  [details]   

basis of record Hoeksema, B. W., Roos, P. J., and Cadee, G. C. (2015). Corrigendum: Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 445: 279.</em>  [details]   

additional source Fenner, D.P. (1993). Species distinctions among several Caribbean stony corals. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 53, 1099-1116.
page(s): 1112 [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 319 [details]   

additional source Dimond, J.; Carrington, E. (2007). Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348, 161-172
page(s): 161-171 [details]   

additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
page(s): 248, 281, 345 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 39 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., Calder, D.R., A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock & D.M. Opresko, 2002. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Spec. Publ. Am. Fish. Soc. 28 : i-xi, 1-115. [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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  PDF available [request] 

new combination reference Peters, E.C., S.D. Cairns, M.E.Q. Pilson, J.W. Wells, W.C. Jaap, J.C. Lang, C.E. Vasleski & P. St. Pierre Gollahan. (1988). Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 234-250, pl. 1. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Neotype (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) USNM 80350, verbatimGeounit Off Atlantic City, N... [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MRSN 80, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MZUF 230, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MZUF 231, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MZUF 299, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MZUF, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Astrangia danae Agassiz, 1850) MRSN 82, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type USNM 117, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 13226 [details]
Unknown type USNM 13227 [details]
Unknown type USNM 16152, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 16242 [details]
Unknown type USNM 19082, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 19179, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 19194, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 24823, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 24889, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 25167, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 29527, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 31643, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 36483 [details]
Unknown type USNM 36510, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 3784, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 3793 [details]
Unknown type USNM 4039, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 4127, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 45680 [details]
Unknown type USNM 6856, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 7052, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 78507, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 78509, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 79695, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 79696, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 79698, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 79699, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 79702, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 80169, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 80517, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Unknown type USNM 81928 [details]
Unknown type USNM 82185, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 9286 [details]
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Unknown type USNM M547381, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 0-263 m [details]

Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas [details]

Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
LanguageName 
English star coralnothern star coralnorthern stony coralnorthern star stony coralnorthern star coralnorthern cup coral [from synonym]  [details]
French scléractiniaire du Nord  [details]