WoRMS taxon details

Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905)

210749  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210749)

accepted
Species
Lobopsammia robusta Bourne, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lobopsammia robusta Bourne, 1905) Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]   
Depth range unknown  
Depth range unknown [details]

Description Small and brightly-coloured, without zooxanthellae. Tentacles long. Corallites cup-like "turrets" (15-20 mm in diameter)...  
Description Small and brightly-coloured, without zooxanthellae. Tentacles long. Corallites cup-like "turrets" (15-20 mm in diameter) and the polyps only open at night. Colour: bright golden yellow. Habitat: in caves and under overhangs. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210749 on 2024-04-24
Date
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1997-11-03 12:50:28Z
created
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2010-08-12 15:05:52Z
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original description  (of Lobopsammia robusta Bourne, 1905) Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Morton B. (1992). A case for marine conservation: Hong kong's Scleractinian coral communities. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 1: pp 3-13.  [details]   

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

basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS[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): 27 [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. (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 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329.
page(s): 320 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Wells JW (1964) Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 107-121, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 109 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 213 [details]   

additional source Harrison, R. M.; Poole, M. (1909). Marine fauna from the Mergui Archipelago, Lower Burma, collected by Jas J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc, and R. N. Rudmose-Brown, B.Sc., University of Aberdeen: Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 61, 897-912
page(s): 909-910, 912 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range unknown [details]

Description Small and brightly-coloured, without zooxanthellae. Tentacles long. Corallites cup-like "turrets" (15-20 mm in diameter) and the polyps only open at night. Colour: bright golden yellow. Habitat: in caves and under overhangs. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
LanguageName 
English tree coral  [details]