Marine Species Traits - Orbicella rotula (Goldfuss, 1826) †

Scleractinia taxon details

Orbicella rotula (Goldfuss, 1826) †

AphiaID

1444364 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1444364)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Orbicella Dana, 1846

Original name

Astraea rotula Goldfuss, 1826 †

Synonymised names

Astraea rotula Goldfuss, 1826 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Cryptocoenia rotula (Goldfuss, 1826) † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Heliastraea rotula (Goldfuss, 1826) † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Astraea rotula Goldfuss, 1826 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Orbicella rotula (Goldfuss, 1826) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1444364 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-06-27 10:32:22Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-31 17:18:34Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (2)
Attributes (9)

original description (of Astraea rotula Goldfuss, 1826 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details]

new combination reference Umbgrove JHF. (1925). De Anthozoa uit het Maastrichtsche Tufkrijt. <em>Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen.</em> 11: 84-126, pls.8-11. [details]

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