WoRMS name details
Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949
210729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210729)
accepted > nomen novum
Species
Millepora alcicornis f. tortuosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boschma, H. (1949). Notes on specimens of the genus Millepora in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 119: 661-672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00895.x
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
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Homonymy Replacement name for Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892
Homonymy Replacement name for Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210729 on 2026-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Boschma, H. (1949). Notes on specimens of the genus Millepora in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 119: 661-672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1949.tb00895.x
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848) Dana, J.D., 1848. Zoophytes. In: Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838-1842, by Ch. Wilkes, 7, Zoophytes. 7 : vi + 740 pp.., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/follow-01.htm
page(s): 545 [details]
original description (of Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975) Nemenzo, F., 1975. Millepores of the Philippines. Philipp. Scient. 12 : 21-31.
page(s): 22, pl. 1 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892) Ortmann, A. (1892). Die Koralriffe von Dar-es-Salaam un Umgegend. <em>Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 6: 631-670, pl. 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10195227
page(s): 668 [details]
basis of record Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 669 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848) Dana, J.D., 1848. Zoophytes. In: Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838-1842, by Ch. Wilkes, 7, Zoophytes. 7 : vi + 740 pp.., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/follow-01.htm
page(s): 545 [details]
original description (of Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975) Nemenzo, F., 1975. Millepores of the Philippines. Philipp. Scient. 12 : 21-31.
page(s): 22, pl. 1 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892) Ortmann, A. (1892). Die Koralriffe von Dar-es-Salaam un Umgegend. <em>Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere.</em> 6: 631-670, pl. 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10195227
page(s): 668 [details]
basis of record Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Razak, T.B., Hoeksema B.W., 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zool. Verh. Leiden 345 : 313-336.
page(s): 323 [details]
page(s): 323 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. <em>Maruzen Co.</em> Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 106, 113 [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 Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 395, 399, 403, 475, Pl. 183 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. <em>Maruzen Co.</em> Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 106, 113 [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 Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp260i
page(s): 395, 399, 403, 475, Pl. 183 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate with calcareous skeleton [details]Homonymy Replacement name for Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤツデアナサンゴモドキ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Millepora tenera)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Millepora tenera)
To GenBank (52 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
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