WoRMS taxon details
Truncatoflabellum aculeatum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
287043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287043)
accepted
Species
Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Flabellum spinosum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Flabellum variabile Semper, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 11-132 m
Depth range 11-132 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Truncatoflabellum aculeatum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287043 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Flabellum spinosum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Flabellum variabile Semper, 1872) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]
original description (of Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [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]
new combination reference 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
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original description (of Flabellum variabile Semper, 1872) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]
original description (of Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [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]
new combination reference 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
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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]
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Cairns, S.D. (2016). A key to the genera and species of the transversely-dividing Flabellidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Flabellidae), with a guide to the literature, and the description of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 562: 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Latypov YY. (2017). New information about solitary deep-water corals of the Vietnamese shelf. <em>American Journal of Zoological Research.</em> 5(1): 13-23., available online at http://www.sciepub.com/portal/downloads?doi=10.12691/ajzr-5-1-3&filename=ajzr-5-1-3.pdf [details]
additional source Tenjing SY, Krishnan P, Samuel VD, Purvaja R. (2019). Truncatoflabellum madrasensis sp. nov. – a new ahermatypic coral species from India: a checklist of species under genus Truncatoflabellum from the Indian ocean. <em>Vie Mileu.</em> 69 (2-3): 89-93. [details]
additional source Mondal, T.; Raghunathan, C. (2022). Zoogeographic range extension of four species of flabellid corals under the genus Truncatoflabellum (Scleractinian: Flabelliidae) from Indian waters. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00446-0 [details]
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]
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 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. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors
[request]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. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Cairns, S.D. (2016). A key to the genera and species of the transversely-dividing Flabellidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Flabellidae), with a guide to the literature, and the description of two new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 562: 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Latypov YY. (2017). New information about solitary deep-water corals of the Vietnamese shelf. <em>American Journal of Zoological Research.</em> 5(1): 13-23., available online at http://www.sciepub.com/portal/downloads?doi=10.12691/ajzr-5-1-3&filename=ajzr-5-1-3.pdf [details]
additional source Tenjing SY, Krishnan P, Samuel VD, Purvaja R. (2019). Truncatoflabellum madrasensis sp. nov. – a new ahermatypic coral species from India: a checklist of species under genus Truncatoflabellum from the Indian ocean. <em>Vie Mileu.</em> 69 (2-3): 89-93. [details]
additional source Mondal, T.; Raghunathan, C. (2022). Zoogeographic range extension of four species of flabellid corals under the genus Truncatoflabellum (Scleractinian: Flabelliidae) from Indian waters. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00446-0 [details]
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]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype AM G13343, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G15242, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G15942, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C10111, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C10150, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C10157, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NTM C8002, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22651 [details]
Nontype RMNH 22653 [details]
Nontype RMNH 22655, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22656, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22657, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22658, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22663, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22664, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22665, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22666, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22667, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH 22669, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 40781, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 40782, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 40783, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97502, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97503, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97505, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97506, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 97507, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98905, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 257-93 [details]
Nontype WAM 264-93, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 42-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 54-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Flabellum aculeatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Flabellum spinosum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Flabellum variabile Semper, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (19 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Flabellum spinosum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Flabellum variabile Semper, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (19 records)
To ITIS
