WoRMS taxon details
Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963)
285829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285829)
accepted
Species
Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa Boschma, 1963 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Errina diffusa Boschma, 1963 · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa Boschma, 1963) Boschma H. (1963). Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa, a new stylasterine coral from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 66 (5): 391-396, pl. 1.
page(s): 391, 1 pl., 3 figs [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 391, 1 pl., 3 figs [details] Available for editors
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Depth range 47-101 m
Depth range 47-101 m [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lepidopora diffusa (Boschma, 1963). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285829 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa Boschma, 1963) Boschma H. (1963). Errina (Lepidopora) diffusa, a new stylasterine coral from South Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen - Amsterdam, Series C.</em> 66 (5): 391-396, pl. 1.
page(s): 391, 1 pl., 3 figs [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 391, 1 pl., 3 figs [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Cairns, S.D. & J. van der Land. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (2013). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3691(1): 1-57.
page(s): 8, figs 1A-B, 4A-I, 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8, figs 1A-B, 4A-I, 22 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
