WoRMS taxon details
Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
205741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205741)
accepted
Genus
Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by monotypy)
Flabellum (Rhizotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vasillum Tenison-Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Rhizotrochus flabelliformis Cairns, 1989
- Species Rhizotrochus levidensis Gardiner, 1898
- Species Rhizotrochus tuberculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1879)
- Species Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Rhizotrochus affinis Duncan, 1873 accepted as Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus crateriformis Alcock, 1894 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus fragilis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Rhizotrochus niinoi Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus palaoensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus radiatus Dennant, 1904 accepted as Rhizotrochus tuberculatus (Tenison-Woods, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus samiensis (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Rhizosmilia sagamiensis (Eguchi, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Rhizotrochus tulipa Pourtalès, 1874 accepted as Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus vegetans Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizotrochus worsleyi Alcock, 1891 accepted as Rhizotrochus typus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 0-1050 m
Depth range 0-1050 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205741 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Vasillum Tenison-Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On three new genera and one new species of Madreporaria corals. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 92-99, pl. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22219 [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Vasillum Tenison-Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On three new genera and one new species of Madreporaria corals. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 92-99, pl. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22219 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
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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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [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 Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source Tokuda Y, Ezaki Y. (2013). Attachment structures in <i>Rhizotrochus</i> (Scleractinia): macro- to microscopic traits and their evolutionary significance. <em>Lethaia.</em> 46(2): 232-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12013 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 535 [details]
additional source Tokuda Y, Ezaki Y. (2013). Attachment structures in <i>Rhizotrochus</i> (Scleractinia): macro- to microscopic traits and their evolutionary significance. <em>Lethaia.</em> 46(2): 232-244., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12013 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
