WoRMS taxon details
Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867)
157965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157965)
accepted
Species
Amphihelia (Diplohelia) profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amphihelia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Coenopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dendrophyllia produnda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dendrophyllia profunda (Pourtales, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Stereopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1867). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(6): 103-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157965 on 2026-09-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1867). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(6): 103-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490 [details]
basis of record Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]
basis of record Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]
Taxonomy
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 
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[request]Ecology
ecology source
Roberts, J.M., A. Wheeler, A. Freiwald & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Cold-water corals: The biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats. <em>Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.</em> 324 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511581588 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
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. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1981). Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 438:1-12. [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., 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] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Messing, C. (1984). Brooding and paedomorphosis in the feather star Comatilia iridometriformis A. H. Clark (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 80, 83-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00393131
page(s): 83, 84, 86 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
page(s): 288 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Weaver, D. C.; Pomponi, S. A. (2006). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 343-375
page(s): 344, 346, 353, 361, 362, 363, 366, 368 [details]
additional source Rogers, A. D. (1999). The biology of Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and other deep-water reef-forming corals and impacts from human activities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 84: 315-406, available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.199900032
page(s): 325, 344 [details]
additional source Zibrowius H. (1973). Révision des espèces actuelles du genre <i>Enallopsammia</i> Michelotti, 1871, et description de <i>E. marenzelleri</i>, nouvelles espèce bathyale à large distribution : Océan Indien et Atlantique Central (Madreporaria, Dendrophyllidae). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 21 (276): 37-54. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 131, Fig. 47 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1981). Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 438:1-12. [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., 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] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Messing, C. (1984). Brooding and paedomorphosis in the feather star Comatilia iridometriformis A. H. Clark (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 80, 83-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00393131
page(s): 83, 84, 86 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Pomponi, S. A.; Weaver, D. C.; Paull, C. K.; Wright, A. E. (2005). Deep-water sinkholes and bioherms of south Florida and the Pourtalès Terrace - habitat and fauna. Bulletin of Marine Science, 77(2): 267-296
page(s): 288 [details]
additional source Reed, J. K.; Weaver, D. C.; Pomponi, S. A. (2006). Habitat and fauna of deep-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs off the southeastern U.S.: Blake Plateau, Straits of Florida, and Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 78, 2, 343-375
page(s): 344, 346, 353, 361, 362, 363, 366, 368 [details]
additional source Rogers, A. D. (1999). The biology of Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and other deep-water reef-forming corals and impacts from human activities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 84: 315-406, available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.199900032
page(s): 325, 344 [details]
additional source Zibrowius H. (1973). Révision des espèces actuelles du genre <i>Enallopsammia</i> Michelotti, 1871, et description de <i>E. marenzelleri</i>, nouvelles espèce bathyale à large distribution : Océan Indien et Atlantique Central (Madreporaria, Dendrophyllidae). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 21 (276): 37-54. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 131, Fig. 47 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) profunda (Pourtalès, 1867)) ZMAN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia profunda (Pourtales, 1867)) MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Dendrophyllia profunda (Pourtales, 1867)) MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype FLMNH 0,58402777778, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype LACM 19089, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype TAMU, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10497, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10529, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 11974, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 11975, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 15914, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 2663, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 36526, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 36925, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 36927, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46590, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46591, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46592, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46593, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46595, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46596, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46598-46610, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype YPM 8381, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 403-1748 m [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution in Nova Scotia waters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | deepwater stony coral | [details] |
| French | scléractiniaire des profondeurs | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enallopsammia profunda)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1327 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enallopsammia profunda)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Diplohelia profunda Pourtalès, 1867)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1327 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
