Scleractinia taxon details
Rhizotrochus levidensis Gardiner, 1898
288450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288450)
accepted
Species
Monomyces levidensis (Gardiner, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gardiner, J.S. (1898). On the turbinolid and oculinid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. <em>Proceedings Zoological Society of London.</em> 1898: 994-1000, pl. 62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03198.x [details]
Depth range 1-73 m
Taxonomic remark The original description (Gardiner, 1899) was published later than the second paper (Gardiner, 1898) that refers to this...
Depth range 1-73 m [details]
Taxonomic remark The original description (Gardiner, 1899) was published later than the second paper (Gardiner, 1898) that refers to this...
Taxonomic remark The original description (Gardiner, 1899) was published later than the second paper (Gardiner, 1898) that refers to this species. Therefore the latter became the first publication of this species. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizotrochus levidensis Gardiner, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288450 on 2026-08-24
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original description
Gardiner, J.S. (1898). On the turbinolid and oculinid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. <em>Proceedings Zoological Society of London.</em> 1898: 994-1000, pl. 62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb03198.x [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
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 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): 31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gardiner JS (1899) On the solitary corals, collected by Dr. A. Willey. In: A. Willey's Zoological Results, Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Cambridge 2: 161-170, 176-180, pls. 19-20. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1434 [details] Available for editors
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 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): 31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gardiner JS (1899) On the solitary corals, collected by Dr. A. Willey. In: A. Willey's Zoological Results, Zoological Results based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Cambridge 2: 161-170, 176-180, pls. 19-20. [details]
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 78583 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 1-73 m [details]
Taxonomic remark The original description (Gardiner, 1899) was published later than the second paper (Gardiner, 1898) that refers to this species. Therefore the latter became the first publication of this species. [details]
