WoRMS taxon details
Javania insignis Duncan, 1876
287036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287036)
accepted
Species
Desmophyllum insigne (Duncan, 1876) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Desmophyllum insignis Duncan, 1876 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Flabellum weberi Alcock, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
Depth range 46-1050 m
Depth range 46-1050 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Javania insignis Duncan, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287036 on 2025-06-21
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Nomenclature
original description
Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Flabellum weberi Alcock, 1902) Alcock A (1902) Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2) 7: 89-115. [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Flabellum weberi Alcock, 1902) Alcock A (1902) Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2) 7: 89-115. [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
redescription
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. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [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. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [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 (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. (2004). A new shallow-water species of Javania (Scleractinia: Flabellidae) from Indonesia. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 52(1) : 7-10.
page(s): 8 [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. (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 Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [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): 31 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1932). A study of the recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 8: 387-390.
page(s): 388 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Javania</i> et considérations générales sur les Flabellidae (Scléractiniaires). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 71 (1429) : 1-48. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Latypov YY. (2014). A solitary deep-water corals of the Scleractinian of the Vietnamese Shelf. <em>American Journal of Zoological Research.</em> 2(1): 5-15., available online at http://www.sciepub.com/portal/downloads?doi=10.12691/ajzr-2-1-2&filename=ajzr-2-1-2.pdf [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. (2004). A new shallow-water species of Javania (Scleractinia: Flabellidae) from Indonesia. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 52(1) : 7-10.
page(s): 8 [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. (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 Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [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): 31 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1932). A study of the recent deep-water coral fauna of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 8: 387-390.
page(s): 388 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Javania</i> et considérations générales sur les Flabellidae (Scléractiniaires). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 71 (1429) : 1-48. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Latypov YY. (2014). A solitary deep-water corals of the Scleractinian of the Vietnamese Shelf. <em>American Journal of Zoological Research.</em> 2(1): 5-15., available online at http://www.sciepub.com/portal/downloads?doi=10.12691/ajzr-2-1-2&filename=ajzr-2-1-2.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Desmophyllum insigne (Duncan, 1876)) IGPS 43413, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Desmophyllum insigne (Duncan, 1876)) IGPS 50521, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16588, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BPBM SC3198, geounit Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BPBM SC3199, geounit Kiribati Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype POLIPI, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22434, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22435, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H4591, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 1010154, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 77200, geounit Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 81985 [details]
Nontype USNM 81986, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 81987, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 81988, geounit Malaysian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91768, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91769, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91770, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94364, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97490, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97491, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM SC3197, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UMUTZ, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92744, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92745, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92746, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Flabellum weberi Alcock, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Javania insignis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Flabellum weberi Alcock, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Javania insignis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (46 records)
To ITIS
