WoRMS taxon details
Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)
135189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135189)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gaditana Duncan, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Balanophyllia gaditana Duncan, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Balanophyllia praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dendrophyllia praecipua (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eguchipsammia gaditata (Duncan, 1873) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia gaditana Duncan, 1873) Duncan PM. (1873). A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 8: 303-344, pls. 39-49. [details]
Depth range 30-988 m
Distribution cosmopolitan
Depth range 30-988 m [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135189 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1939). Madreporaria excluding Flabellidae and Turbinolidae. <em>Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London.</em> 6(5): 225-242, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1939). Madreporaria excluding Flabellidae and Turbinolidae. <em>Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London.</em> 6(5): 225-242, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia gaditana Duncan, 1873) Duncan PM. (1873). A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 8: 303-344, pls. 39-49. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Balanophyllia praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1939). Madreporaria excluding Flabellidae and Turbinolidae. <em>Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London.</em> 6(5): 225-242, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia gaditana Duncan, 1873) Duncan PM. (1873). A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 8: 303-344, pls. 39-49. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. <em>Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham.</em> pp. 73-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4 [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors [request]
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., 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 [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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]
additional source Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. <em>Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham.</em> pp. 73-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4 [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
[request]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., 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
[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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]
additional source Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3214, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3215, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3216, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3217, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3218, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) BPBM SC3219, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) MNHN, geounit Sao Tome and Principe Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) SIO, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) USNM 60543, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) USNM 91821, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)) USNM 91822, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16583, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO232, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO265, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO83, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO93, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22750, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UAZM, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94241, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94242, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 94243, geounit Norfolk Island Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94245, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94246, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94247, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97622, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 62345, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 83439, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92894, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 30-988 m [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat shelf to slope [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミナミホソキサンゴ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dendrophyllia praecipua (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (143 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Dendrophyllia praecipua (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (143 records)
To ITIS
