Scleractinia name details
Flabellum moseleyi Pourtalès, 1880
1431076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1431076)
alternative representation
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellum moseleyi Pourtalès, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431076 on 2026-09-19
original description
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. [details]
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
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341.
page(s): 3, 146, 147, 202, 230, 306, 336 [details] Available for editors
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.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]
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
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341.
page(s): 3, 146, 147, 202, 230, 306, 336 [details] Available for editors
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.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype TAMU, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UMML 0,56041666667, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UMML 8, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 45645, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46580, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46581, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46582, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46583, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46584, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46585, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46586, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46587, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46588, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 53384, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]