Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135198 on 2025-05-05
original description(ofDesmophyllum eburneum Moseley, 1880)Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum galapagense Vaughan, 1906)Vaughan TW (1906) Report on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific. VI Madreporaria. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 59-72, pls. 1-10.[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum delicatum Yabe & Eguchi, 1942)Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12.[details]
basis of recordCairns, 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]
new combination referenceCairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online athttps://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/[details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomy
redescriptionCairns, 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]
redescriptionZibrowius 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): 157 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341.[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150.[details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (MSBIAS)MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.[details]
context source (Deepsea)Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda)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 athttps://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615[details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia)Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceBreeze, 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 sourceCairns, 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 sourceCairns, 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 sourceCairns, 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 sourceCairns, 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 sourcePires DE. (2007). The azooxanthellate coral fauna of Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81:265-272.[details]
additional sourceKitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. <em>Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham.</em> pp. 73-107., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4[details]
additional sourceSantodomingo, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6[details]
additional sourceZibrowius, 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): 314, 319, 321-322 [details]
additional sourceReyes, 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): 316 [details]
additional sourceRamil 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): 28 [details]
additional sourceWilborn, R.E., Goddard, P., Wilborn, M.M. II , Best, M., Rooper, C.N. (2021). Field Guide to Corals of British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, USA, and the eastern North Pacific Ocean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia and Hexacorallia) (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata). A complete compilation of coral identifications for the eastern North Pacific Ocean. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3433: xi + 123 p., available online athttps://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.900778/publication.html[details]
additional sourceIntegrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online athttp://www.itis.gov[details]
additional sourceCairns, S.D., V. Häussermann & G. Försterra. (2005). A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1018: 15-46., available online athttps://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceCairns, 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): 165 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceReyes-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 athttps://doi.org/10.1080/713833841[details]
additional sourceReyes 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 sourceKitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518.[details]
additional sourceCairns, S.D. (1981). Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. <em>NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular.</em> 438:1-12.[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MCZ [details]Nontype (of Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype (of Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype (of Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype MCZ, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype MCZ, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype NMC 1900-8362 [details]Nontype NMC 1982-1491 [details]Nontype SME, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype UMML 0,51458333333, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype UMML 0,55625, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 10151, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 10516, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 14614, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 16074, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 16075, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 16079, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 16091, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 36351, geounit Anguilla Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 36414, geounit Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46763, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46764, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46765, geounit Saint Lucia Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46766, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46767, geounit Guadeloupean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46768, geounit Antigua and Barbuda Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46769, geounit Anguilla Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46770, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46771, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46772, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46773, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46774, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46775, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 46776, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84827, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84828, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84829, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84830, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84831, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84832, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84833, geounit Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84834, geounit Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84835, geounit Costa Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype USNM 84852, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type (of Desmophyllum cailleti Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) MZUF [details]Unknown type IRCZM [details]Unknown type IRCZM 0,60277777778, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type IRCZM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 19173, geounit Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 47530, geounit Falkland Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 49160, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 49161, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 5822, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 71996, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 71997, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 71998, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 71999, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72000, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72001, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72002, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72003, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72004, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72005, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72006, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72007, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 72008, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 73191, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 75684, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 76451, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 80964, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 80991, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 82015, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 82016, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 83448, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 87785, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 92747, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type USNM 99304, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details] Depth range 30-2165 m [details] Distribution in Nova Scotia waters [details] Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat bathyal [details]