Scleractinia taxon details
Asterosmilia exarata Duncan, 1867 †
1347281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347281)
accepted
Species
Asterosmilia hilli Vaughan, 1919 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1867). On the genera Heterophyllia, Battersbyia, Palaeocyclus, and Asterosmilia; The anatomy of their species, and their position in the classification of the sclerodermic Zoantharia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 157: 643-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1867.0021 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Asterosmilia exarata Duncan, 1867 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347281 on 2026-08-23
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Duncan PM. (1867). On the genera Heterophyllia, Battersbyia, Palaeocyclus, and Asterosmilia; The anatomy of their species, and their position in the classification of the sclerodermic Zoantharia. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 157: 643-656., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1867.0021 [details]
original description (of Asterosmilia hilli Vaughan, 1919 †) Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.W. Wells. (1987). Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 93 (328): 23-55, 63-66, pls. 8-11. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Asterosmilia hilli Vaughan, 1919 †) Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & J.W. Wells. (1987). Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 93 (328): 23-55, 63-66, pls. 8-11. [details] Available for editors
