Scleractinia taxon details
Paraconotrochus capensis (Gardiner, 1905)
290633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290633)
accepted
Species
Duncania capensis Gardiner, 1905 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Paraconotrochus capense (Gardiner, 1905) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Duncania capensis Gardiner, 1905) Gardiner, J.S. (1905). The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3(4): 97-129, pls. 1-3. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paraconotrochus capensis (Gardiner, 1905). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290633 on 2026-08-07
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(of Duncania capensis Gardiner, 1905) Gardiner, J.S. (1905). The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3(4): 97-129, pls. 1-3. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Filander, Z.N., M.V. Kitahara, S.D. Cairns, K.J. Sink & A.T. Lombard. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1066: 1-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697 [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. & S.A. Parker. (1992). Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. <em>Records South Australian Museum, Monograph Series.</em> 3: 1-82, pls. 1-18,. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Filander, Z.N., M.V. Kitahara, S.D. Cairns, K.J. Sink & A.T. Lombard. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1066: 1-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697 [details]
new combination reference Cairns, S.D. & S.A. Parker. (1992). Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. <em>Records South Australian Museum, Monograph Series.</em> 3: 1-82, pls. 1-18,. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Duncania capensis Gardiner, 1905) BMNH, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 59 m [details]
Synonymy The new synonymy of Duncania capensis Gardiner, 1905, with Caryophyllia capensis Gardiner, 1905 by Filander et al. (2021) is an error (Filander et al. personal communication, 20 Novermber 2021). [details]
Taxonomy Placement in this genus uncertain [details]
