WoRMS taxon details
Anthemiphyllia Pourtalès, 1878
267225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267225)
accepted
Genus
Anthemiphyllia patera Pourtalès, 1878 (type by monotypy)
- Species Anthemiphyllia dentata (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Anthemiphyllia frustum Cairns, 1994
- Species Anthemiphyllia grossa Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Anthemiphyllia macrolobata Cairns, 1999
- Species Anthemiphyllia multidentata Cairns, 1999
- Species Anthemiphyllia pacifica Vaughan, 1907
- Species Anthemiphyllia patera Pourtalès, 1878
- Species Anthemiphyllia spinifera Cairns, 1999
- Species Anthemiphyllia costata Cairns, 1999 accepted as Anthemiphyllia patera costata Cairns, 1999 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]
Depth range 50-1050 m
Depth range 50-1050 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Anthemiphyllia Pourtalès, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267225 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
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]
Other
additional source
Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
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]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 702 [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
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]
additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 702 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Monotypic [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, patellate or bowl-shaped, free; at least one species propagates by transverse division; septotheca thick and smooth (even porcellaneous) or costate; elongate costal spines (C1) occur in some species; septa strongly dentate; pali absent; columella papillose. [details]
Remark The seven Recent species are reviewed by Cairns (1999). [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 50-1050 m [details]
