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 americana (Roemer, 1888) †
- Species Anomocora brevis (Brünnich Nielsen, 1922) †
- Species Anomocora carinata Cairns, 1991
- Species Anomocora cupuliformis (Reuss, 1852) †
- Species Anomocora edwardsi (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Anomocora elleptica (Reuss, 1868) †
- Species Anomocora elongata (Studer, 1879)
- Species Anomocora excavata (Hagenow, 1839) †
- Species Anomocora exilis Wells, 1977 †
- Species Anomocora faujasii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) †
- Species Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Anomocora galeriformis (Reuss, 1852) †
- Species Anomocora gigas (van der Horst, 1931)
- Species Anomocora indica (Gregory, 1900) †
- Species Anomocora irregularis (Cairns, 1995) †
- Species Anomocora laxa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) †
- Species Anomocora minima (Bölsche, 1866) †
- Species Anomocora miocenica (Michelotti, 1871) †
- Species Anomocora poculum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) †
- Species Anomocora ponderosa (Brünnich Nielsen, 1922) †
- Species Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)
- Species Anomocora punctata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) †
- Species Anomocora radicata (Quenstedt, 1852) †
- Species Anomocora rarogemmans Chevalier, 1961 †
- Species Anomocora sacheri (Reuss, 1852) †
- Species Anomocora texana (Conrad, 1857) †
- 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. (2025). 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 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
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]
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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (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, S.D. (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] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [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]
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, S.D. (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] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [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
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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]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 30-786 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
