Scleractinia name details

Caryophyllia scillaemorpha Alcock, 1894

1903670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1903670)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Caryophyllia (Genus)
  10. Caryophyllia scillaemorpha (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock, 1891
Species
Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caryophyllia scillaeomorpha Alcock, 1894) Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from HM Indian Marine Survey Streamer 'Investigator' Series 2, number 15. On some new and rare corals from the deep waters of India. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 63 (2): 186-188. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia scillaemorpha Alcock, 1894. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1903670 on 2026-10-16
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original description (of Caryophyllia scillaeomorpha Alcock, 1894) Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from HM Indian Marine Survey Streamer 'Investigator' Series 2, number 15. On some new and rare corals from the deep waters of India. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 63 (2): 186-188. [details] 

basis of record 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): 20 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source UNEP-WCMC. (2012). Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database. <em>CITES, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee.</em> Annex 6: 1-117., available online at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/26/E26-20-A6.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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