WoRMS name details
Turbinolia corbicula Pourtalès, 1878
509549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509549)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
de Pourtalès L.F. (1878). Corals. In: Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 5: 197-212, pl. 1. [details]
Note Recent; off Cuba, 402-657 m
Type locality Recent; off Cuba, 402-657 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Turbinolia corbicula Pourtalès, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509549 on 2026-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
de Pourtalès L.F. (1878). Corals. In: Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake". <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 5: 197-212, pl. 1. [details]
basis of record 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. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
basis of record 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. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 96 [details]
additional source Quayle EH. (1932). Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Eocene of California. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 7(10): 91-110, pl. 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.6158 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 96 [details]
additional source Quayle EH. (1932). Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Eocene of California. <em>Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 7(10): 91-110, pl. 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.6158 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Syntype MCZ, verbatimGeounit Recent; off Cuba, 40... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Recent; off Cuba, 402-657 m [details]
