Scleractinia taxon details
Asterosmilia abnormalis (Duncan, 1864) †
514083 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:514083)
accepted
Species
Asterosmilia anomala Duncan, 1867 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Asterosmilia cornuta Duncan, 1867 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochocyathus abnormalis Duncan, 1864 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Trochocyathus abnormalis Duncan, 1864 †) Duncan PM. (1864). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part II. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 20: 20-45, pls. 2-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1864.020.01-02.09 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Asterosmilia abnormalis (Duncan, 1864) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=514083 on 2026-09-12
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(of Trochocyathus abnormalis Duncan, 1864 †) Duncan PM. (1864). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part II. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 20: 20-45, pls. 2-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1864.020.01-02.09 [details]
original description (of Asterosmilia cornuta Duncan, 1867 †) 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 anomala Duncan, 1867 †) 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]
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 cornuta Duncan, 1867 †) 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 anomala Duncan, 1867 †) 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]
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
Syntype (of Trochocyathus abnormalis Duncan, 1864) NHMUK 28801-28806, verbatimGeounit Miocene: Dominican R... [details]
