Scleractinia name details
Dendrophyllia anastomozans (Blainville, 1830)
1369619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1369619)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (nomen nudum)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentipora anastomozans Blainvile, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] 
Nomenclature Dentipora cribrosa and Dendrophyllia anastomozans were synonymized without priorty by Milne Edwards & Haime (1850),...
Nomenclature The name Oculina anastomozans was given to specimens in the Leiden collection by De Haan but it was published as Dentipora...
Nomenclature Dentipora cribrosa and Dendrophyllia anastomozans were synonymized without priorty by Milne Edwards & Haime (1850), Priority was given to the first name under by Milne Edwards (1860). Monod (1954) synonymized both species under the latter name, but the first revisionary act in the earlier work by Milne Edwards (1860) has priority in this case and therefore the species should be called Dendrophyllia cribrosa. [details]
Nomenclature The name Oculina anastomozans was given to specimens in the Leiden collection by De Haan but it was published as Dentipora...
Nomenclature The name Oculina anastomozans was given to specimens in the Leiden collection by De Haan but it was published as Dentipora anastomozans by de Blainville (1830) without further description. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia anastomozans (Blainville, 1830). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1369619 on 2025-09-11
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(of Dentipora anastomozans Blainvile, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] 
basis of record Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Monod, Th. (1950). Coraux ouest africains. <em>Notes Africaines: Bulletin d'Information et de Correspondance de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire.</em> 46: 60. [details]
additional source Monod, Th. (1954). Sur deux madeporaires ouest africains. <em>Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum van Belgisch-Kongo, Tervuren (België). Nieuwe Reeks. Zoologische Wetenschappen / Annales du Musée Royal Du Congo Belge, Tervuren (Belgique). Nouvelle Série. Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 1: 222-230. [details]
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Monod, Th. (1950). Coraux ouest africains. <em>Notes Africaines: Bulletin d'Information et de Correspondance de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire.</em> 46: 60. [details]
additional source Monod, Th. (1954). Sur deux madeporaires ouest africains. <em>Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum van Belgisch-Kongo, Tervuren (België). Nieuwe Reeks. Zoologische Wetenschappen / Annales du Musée Royal Du Congo Belge, Tervuren (Belgique). Nouvelle Série. Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 1: 222-230. [details]
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Nomenclature Dentipora cribrosa and Dendrophyllia anastomozans were synonymized without priorty by Milne Edwards & Haime (1850), Priority was given to the first name under by Milne Edwards (1860). Monod (1954) synonymized both species under the latter name, but the first revisionary act in the earlier work by Milne Edwards (1860) has priority in this case and therefore the species should be called Dendrophyllia cribrosa. [details]Nomenclature The name Oculina anastomozans was given to specimens in the Leiden collection by De Haan but it was published as Dentipora anastomozans by de Blainville (1830) without further description. [details]