WoRMS taxon details
original description
de Pourtalès L.F. (1878). Corals. In: Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 5: 197-212, pl. 1. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295. page(s): 294 [details]
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Comparison Differs from Poutalopsammia in having a costate, granular theca. [details]
Diagnosis Corallum solitary, trochoid, attached; theca costate and finely granular; septa normally arranged, usually only 3 cycles; columella rudimentary or absent; azooxanthellate. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Genus monotypic. [details]From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
Depth range 532-1472 m [details]
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