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Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 
AphiaID: 267831

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Madrepora hirtella Pallas, 1776 (type by monotypy)
Parent Oculinidae Gray, 1847
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Species Sclerhelia hirtella (Pallas, 1766)

Species Sclerhelia alcocki Wells, 1954 accepted as Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954)
Species Sclerhelia dubia Nemenzo, 1980 accepted as Sclerhelia hirtella (Pallas, 1766)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 18-165 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267831
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-15 23:16:22Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267831 on 2013-05-18
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