UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Monohedotrochus epithecatus (Cairns, 1999)

Scleractinia taxon details

Monohedotrochus epithecatus (Cairns, 1999)

To MNHN Type collection (IK 2009-1794)

AphiaID

492272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492272)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monohedotrochus Kitahara & Cairns, 2005

Original name

Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999

Synonymised names

Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Type data

Holotype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) MNHN,...

Holotype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 240-455 m

Depth range 240-455 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Monohedotrochus epithecatus (Cairns, 1999). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492272 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-07-29 20:04:23Z

created

Cairns, Stephen

2010-08-03 17:35:27Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 215:1-722. [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. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]

new combination reference Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2005). Monohedotrochus capitolii, a new genus and species of solitary azooxanthellate coral (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from southern Brazil. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 79-2 (5): 115-121. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) USNM 98627, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) USNM 98628, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) USNM 98629, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) USNM 98630, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999) USNM 98626, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unreviewed

Depth range 240-455 m [details]

Ecology Azooxanthellate [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2009-1794) (from synonym Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (27 records) (from synonym Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999)

From editor or global species database

To MNHN Type collection (IK 2009-1794)

Hosted externally, from synonym