WoRMS taxon details
Anomocora Studer, 1878
135082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135082)
accepted
Genus
Coelosmilia fecunda Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) (type by monotypy)
Coelosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochosmilia (Coelosmilia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species Anomocora carinata Cairns, 1991
Species Anomocora elongata (Studer, 1879)
Species Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Anomocora gigas (van der Horst, 1931)
Species Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Anomocora marchadi (Chevalier, 1966) accepted as Anomocora elongata (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Anomocora elongata (Studer, 1879)
Species Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Anomocora gigas (van der Horst, 1931)
Species Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)
Species Anomocora marchadi (Chevalier, 1966) accepted as Anomocora elongata (Studer, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4. [details]
Depth range 30-786 m
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Depth range 30-786 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Anomocora Studer, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135082 on 2023-06-02
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original description
Studer T. (1878). Übersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Coelosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns SD. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]
original description (of Coelosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Cairns SD. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BPBM SC3161, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 20796, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 60597, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison Similar to Asterosmilia but budding daughter corallites from edge zone. [details]Diagnosis Corallum colonial and recumbent, new corallites budding extracalicularly from edge zone and quickly becoming detached from parent corallum resulting in corallites with an open or broken base; endothecal dissepiments widely spaced; paliform lobes present on higher cycle septa; columella trabecular. [details]
Remark See Cairns and Wells (1987) and Cairns (2000) and Dawson (2004) for latest taxonomic treatment of this genus. Three fossil species and 5 Recent. [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 30-786 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
