WoRMS name details
original description
(of Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
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]
additional source
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (1991). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and canada. <em>Cnidaria and Ctenophora. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda.</em> 75: pp. [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Jensen, A. & R. Frederiksen, 1992. The fauna associated with the bank-forming deepwater coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) on the Faroe shelf. Sarsia 77 1: 53-69. page(s): 53-61 [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): 22 [details]
additional source
Grygier, M.J. (1991). Introcornia (Crustacea : Ascothoracida : Petrarcidae) parasitic in an ahermatypic coral from Saint Paul Island, Indian Ocean. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 40(4): 313-318. [dated 1990]. page(s): 313, 317, 318 [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
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
Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2005). Monohedotrochus capitolii, a new genus and species of solitary azooxanthellate coral (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from southern Brazil. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 79-2 (5): 115-121. page(s): 116 [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
Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2262: 1-39. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
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) page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Cedhagen, T. (1994). Taxonomy and biology of <i>Hyrrokkin sarcophaga</i> gen. et sp. n., a parasitic foraminiferan (Rosalinidae). <em>Sarsia.</em> 79(1): 65-82., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1994.10413549 page(s): 65, 67, 74 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., Pichon, M., Mitta, G., Galli, P. 2007. Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular and morphological evidences. Contributions to Zoology 76: 35-54., available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7601a04 page(s): 39 [details]
additional source
Fenner, D. (2001). Biogeography of three Caribbean corals (Scleractinia) and the invasion of Tubastraea coccinea into the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 69: 1175-1189., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/00000069/00000003/art00010?crawler=true page(s): 1179 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 8(1): 91-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000903571088 page(s): 91 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2002). Checklist of valid names and synonyms of stony corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the eastern Pacific. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 36(1): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/713833841 [details]
additional source
Zabala, M.; Maluquer, P.; Harmelin, J.-G. (1993). Epibiotic bryozoans on deep-water scleractinian corals from the Catalonia Slope (western Mediterranean, Spain, France). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57: 65-78. page(s): 65, 66, 67, 74 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Zibrowius, H.; Gili, J.-M. (1990). Deep-water Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Antbozoa) from Namibia, South Africa, and Walvis Ridge, southeastern Atlantic. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 54 (1): 19-46. page(s): 36-37 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. <i>in</i> Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819. page(s): 810, 811 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 page(s): 315-325, 327, 330-353, 355-358 [details]
additional source
Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source
Ocaña O, de Matos V, Aguilar R, García S, Brito A. (2017). Illustrated catalogue of cold water corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Alboran basin and North Eastern Atlantic submarine mountains, collected in Oceana campaigns. <em>Rev. Acad. Canar. Cienc.</em> 29: 221-256. [details]
additional source
Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]
additional source
Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518. [details]
additional source
den Hartog, J. C. (1980). Caribbean Shallow Water Corallimorpharia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, (176): 83 pp. page(s): 69 [details]
additional source
Pires DE. (2007). The azooxanthellate coral fauna of Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81:265-272. [details]
additional source
Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]
additional source
Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778 page(s): 747, 761-762, Pl. 2, fig. 6-9 [details]
additional source
Pax, F.; Müller, I. (1962). Die Anthozoenfauna der Adria / Fauna antozoa Jadrana. Fauna et Flora Adriatica, 3, 1-343 page(s): 246-248 [details]
additional source
Carlgren, O. (1945). Polypdyr (Coelenterata) III. Koraldyr. Danmarks Fauna Udgivet af Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 51, 3-167 page(s): 151-152, 157 [details]
additional source
Försterra, G.; Häussermann, V. (2003). First report on large scleractinian (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) accumulations in cold-temperate shallow water of south Chilean fjords. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 345, 117-128 page(s): 117-118 [details]
additional source
Maier, E.; Tollrian, R.; Rinkevich, B.; Nürnberger, B. (2005). Isolation by distance in the scleractinian coral Seriatopora hystrix from the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 147, 1109-1120 page(s): 1110, 1116 [details]
additional source
Fosshagen, A.; HøisSter, T. (1992). The second Norwegian record of the deep-water coral, Desmophyllum cristagalli Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Sarsia, 77, 291-292 page(s): 291, 292 [details]
additional source
Pax, F. (1956). La conoscenza degli antozoi Adriatici fino alla fine del secolo XVIII. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, 48, 50-61 page(s): 51-52, 57, 59 [details]
additional source
Jonsson, L. G.; Nilsson, P. G.; Floruta, F.; Lundälv, T. (2004). Distributional patterns of macro- and megafauna associated with a reef of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa on the Swedish west coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 284, 163-171 page(s): 163-170 [details]
additional source
Schröder-Ritzrau, A.; Freiwald, A.; Mangini, A. (2005). U/Th-dating of deep-water corals from the eastern North Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 157-172 page(s): 158, 160, 161 [details]
additional source
Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221 page(s): 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 217 [details]
additional source
Gass, S. E.; Willison, M. J. H. (2005). An assessment of the distribution of deep-sea corals in Atlantic Canada by using both scientific and local forms of knowledge. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 223-245 page(s): 223, 230, 231, 233, 237, 238, 240 [details]
additional source
Mortensen, P. B.; Buhl-Mortensen, L. (2005). Deep-water corals and their habitats in The Gully, a submarine canyon off Atlantic Canada. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 247-277 page(s): 259, 262, 265 [details]
additional source
Schroeder, W. W.; Brooke, S.; Olson, J. B.; Phaneuf, B.; McDough III, J. J.; Etnoyer, P. (2005). Occurrence of deep-water Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata in the Gulf of Mexico. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 297-307 page(s): 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306 [details]
additional source
Hovland, M.; Thomsen, E.; Harmelin, J. G. (1997). Cold-water corals - are they hydrocarbon seep related?. Marine Geology, 137, 159-164 page(s): 159-162 [details]
additional source
Zibrowius, H. (1985). Scléractiniaires bathyaux et abyssaux de l'Atlantique nord-oriental: campagnes BIOGAS (POLGAS) et INCAL. L. Laubier and Cl. Monniot (eds.). IFREMER, chapter 18, pp. 311-324 page(s): 313, 314, 318, 322 [details]
additional source
Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384 page(s): 375, 380 [details]
additional source
Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330 page(s): 310, 318 [details]
additional source
Frederiksen, R.; Jensen, A., Westerberg, H. (1992). The distribution of the scleractinian coral Lophelia pertusa around the Faroe Islands and the relation to internal tidal mixing. Sarsia, 77, 157-171 page(s): 157-165, 168-171 [details]
additional source
Broch, H. (1953). Octocorals and stony corals of the high Adriatic trawling grounds. Institut za Oceanografiju i Ribarstvo - Split FNR Jugoslavija, VI(2): 3-21 page(s): 16-18, 19, 21 [details]
additional source
Dons, C. (1943). Norges korallrev. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger, 16, 37-82 page(s): 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 73 [details]
additional source
Dons, C. (1943). Coralla madreporaria norvegica in Linnei Systema naturæ Nomina corallorum saxa ædificantium. Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhandlinger, 16(7): 24-26 page(s): 24, 25, 26 [details]
additional source
Tudhope, A. W.; Scoffin, T. P. (1995). Processes of sedimentation in Gollum Channel, Porcupine Seabight: submersible observations and sediment analyses. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 86, Earth Sciences, 49-55 page(s): 49-51, 53, 55 [details]
additional source
Mortensen, P. B.; Hovland, M.; Brattegard, T.; Farestveit, R. (1995). Deep water bioherms of the scleractinian coral Lophelia pertusa (L.) at 64° N on the Norwegian shelf: structure and associated megafauna. Sarsia, 80, 145-158 page(s): 145-146, 148-157 [details]
additional source
Shelton, G. A. B. (1980). Lophelia pertusa (L.): electrical conduction and behaviour in a deep-water coral. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 60, 517-528 page(s): 517-519, 521, 525 [details]
additional source
Wilson, J. B. (1979). 'Patch' development of the deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa (L.) on Rockall Bank. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 165-177 page(s): 165-169, 171, 173, 175, 177 [details]
additional source
Wilson, J. B. (1979). The distribution of the coral Lophelia pertusa (L.) [L. prolifera (Pallas)] in the North-East Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 59, 149-164 page(s): 149-151, 154, 157-158, 162 [details]
additional source
Mikkelsen, N.; Erlenkeuser, H.; Killingley, J. S.; Berger, W. H. (1982). Norwegian corals: radiocarbon and stable isotopes in Lophelia pertusa. Boreas, 11, 163-171 page(s): 163-170 [details]
additional source
Flint, H. C.; Waller, R. G.; Tyler, P. A. (2007). Reproductive ecology of Fungiacyathus marenzelleri from 4100 m depth in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 151, 843-849 page(s): 843 [details]
additional source
Davies, A. J.; Wisshak, M.; Orr, J. C.; Roberts, J. M. (2008). Predicting suitable habitat for the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia). Deep-Sea Research, 55, 1048-1062 page(s): 1048-1050, 1052, 1053-1060 [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): 267, 288, 289, 290 [details]
additional source
Fosså, J. H.; Mortensen, P. B.; Furevik, D. M. (2002). The deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa in Norwegian waters: distribution and fishery impacts. Hydrobiologia, 471, 1-12 page(s): 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 [details]
additional source
Hall-Spencer, J.; Allain, V.; Fosså, J. H. (2002). Trawling damage to Northeast Atlantic ancient coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 269, 507-511 page(s): 507, 508, 509, 510 [details]
additional source
Lamb, A.; Hanby, B. P. (2005). Sea anemones, corals, hydroids, hydrocorals, jellies and others: Phylum Cnidaria (aka Coelenterata). Habour Publishing. Madeira Park, pp. 80-113 page(s): 90 [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, 102, 112 [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): 343, 344, 346, 348, 353, 355, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369 [details]
additional source
Sherwood, O. A.; Jamieson, R. E.; Edinger, E. N.; Wareham, V. E. (2008). Stable C and N isotopic composition of cold-water corals from the Newfoundland and Labrador continental slope: Examination of trophic, depth and spatial effects. Deep-Sea Research, 55, 1392-1402 page(s): 1392 [details]
additional source
Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30 page(s): 27 [details]
source of synonymy
Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
Nontype BMNH 1939.7.20.1074, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1949.1.20.6, geounit French Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH, geounit St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH, geounit St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICN CNI396 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI397 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI723 [details]
Nontype MNHN Ci 2045, geounit French Southern Territories [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG Anthoz. 192, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG Anthoz. 217, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG Anthoz. 826, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG Anthoz. 957, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG uncataloged, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NHMG uncataloged, geounit Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9067 [details]
Nontype NMSR 9068 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/441/E3 [details]
Nontype USNM 46016, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 81415, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 88393, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 98745, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 99230, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 99232, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type BMNH 1901.6.11.3-7, geounit Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type ORI, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SIO Co 532, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 19215, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 19237, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 19247, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 49117, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 49118, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 49119, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 49120, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 73766, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 77010, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 77025, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 77028, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 78511, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 78605, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 78616, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 80809, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 83582, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 84355, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92606, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 92611, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99226, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99228, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99229, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99233, geounit Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Based on molecular evidence, Addamo et al. (2012) first suggested that Lophelia be synonymized with Desmophyllum, and later Addamo et al. (2016) formally stated that Lophelia was a junior synonym. The basic difference between the two taxa is that Desmophyllum is solitary and Lophelia colonial, which to a traditional morphologist like me (S. Cairns) is a significant one. Since the molecular results seemed convincing to me, I asked the opinion of three molecular biologists that work with Scleractinia. They were all somewhat skeptical, or rather cautious, concerning the immediate need for a taxonomic change that would synonymize Lophelia. Lophelia is one of the few cosmopolitan scleractinian species, and is also one of the most studied species in the order, especially in the North Atlantic. To change its nomenclature with the possibility that it might have to revert to the original would cause much taxonomic confusion. My molecular colleagues convinced me to be cautious and wait for the next two or three studies to be published on the matter, in which more genes may be used. I therefore represent the minority view of view on this matter in suggesting maintaining the name Lophelia pertusa until more study is done. S. Cairns 2019 [details]Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
Depth range 39-2775 m [details]
Distribution in Nova Scotia waters; Nova Scotia south to New Jersey [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat slope [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
white stony coralspider hazardseye coral |
[details] |
French |
scléractiniaire perforé |
[details] |
German |
Augenkoralle |
[details] |
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Unreviewed
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