WoRMS name details
Lophohelia tenui Moseley, 1880
1543538 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1543538)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophohelia tenuis Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Lophohelia tenui Moseley, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1543538 on 2026-10-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lophohelia tenuis Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
basis of record Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. <em>Memoirs of the Geological Society of China.</em> 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]