Marine Species Traits - Calophyllum Dana, 1846 †

WoRMS taxon details

Calophyllum Dana, 1846 †

AphiaID

1457972 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1457972)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polycoeliidae Fromentel, 1861 †

Original name

Calophyllum Dana, 1846 †

Synonymised names

Polycoelia King, 1849 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (3)

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Species Calophyllum cantabrica (de Groot, 1963) †
Species Calophyllum angusta (Rothpletz, 1892) † accepted as Gerthia angusta (Rothpletz, 1892) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Calophyllum donatianum (King, 1848) † accepted as Cyathophyllum profundum Geinitz, 1842 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Calophyllum Dana, 1846 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1457972 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-09-06 09:38:29Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Polycoelia King, 1849 †) King W. (1849). On some families and genera of corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2. 3: 388-390., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745485909494780 [details]

basis of record Dana JD. (1846). Genera of fossil corals of the family Cyathophyllidae. Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Series 2. 1: 178-189. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calophyllum)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polycoelia) (from synonym Polycoelia King, 1849 †)