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Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830

Dendrophyllia sp.
Dendrophyllia sp.

135110  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135110)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Dendrophyllia (Genus)
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  1. Species Dendrophyllia abnormis Michelotti, 1871 †
  2. Species Dendrophyllia aculeata Latypov, 1990
  3. Species Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954)
  4. Species Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880
  5. Species Dendrophyllia alternaticosta Chevalier, 1961 †
  6. Species Dendrophyllia amica (Michelotti, 1838) †
  7. Species Dendrophyllia araguensis Wells, 1944 †
  8. Species Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
  9. Species Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926
  10. Species Dendrophyllia californiana Nomland, 1917 †
  11. Species Dendrophyllia californica Durham, 1947
  12. Species Dendrophyllia candelabrum Hennig, 1899 †
  13. Species Dendrophyllia carleenae Nemenzo, 1983
  14. Species Dendrophyllia cecilliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  15. Species Dendrophyllia cladocoracea Michelotti, 1871 †
  16. Species Dendrophyllia cladonia van der Horst, 1927
  17. Species Dendrophyllia colonjoni Falsan & Locard, 1867 †
  18. Species Dendrophyllia compressa Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973
  19. Species Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816)
  20. Species Dendrophyllia cowlitzensis Durham, 1942 †
  21. Species Dendrophyllia crassa Osasco, 1895 †
  22. Species Dendrophyllia cribrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  23. Species Dendrophyllia digitalis Michelin, 1842 †
  24. Species Dendrophyllia dilatata van der Horst, 1927
  25. Species Dendrophyllia duncani Tenison-Woods, 1876 †
  26. Species Dendrophyllia elegans Duncan, 1866 †
  27. Species Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902
  28. Species Dendrophyllia futojiku Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  29. Species Dendrophyllia globulina Michelotti, 1871 †
  30. Species Dendrophyllia granosa Studer, 1878
  31. Species Dendrophyllia hannibali Nomland, 1916 †
  32. Species Dendrophyllia ijimai Eguchi, 1968
  33. Species Dendrophyllia impura Catullo, 1852 †
  34. Species Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952)
  35. Species Dendrophyllia indica Pillai, 1969
  36. Species Dendrophyllia inequalis Catullo, 1852 †
  37. Species Dendrophyllia irregularis Blainville, 1830 †
  38. Species Dendrophyllia johnsoni Cairns, 1991
  39. Species Dendrophyllia koiwaii Yabe & Eguchi, 1944 †
  40. Species Dendrophyllia laboreli Zibrowius & Brito, 1984
  41. Species Dendrophyllia laevis Lonsdale, 1845 †
  42. Species Dendrophyllia lisbonensis Vaughan, 1900 †
  43. Species Dendrophyllia longaeva Sismonda, 1871 †
  44. Species Dendrophyllia maraschini Catullo, 1852 †
  45. Species Dendrophyllia minima Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  46. Species Dendrophyllia minuscula Bourne, 1905
  47. Species Dendrophyllia mokiensis Yamada, Endo, Sentoku & Ezaki, 2025 †
  48. Species Dendrophyllia nodosa Reuss, 1864 †
  49. Species Dendrophyllia okamotoi Niko, Suzuki & Taguchi, 2015 †
  50. Species Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924
  51. Species Dendrophyllia orthoclada Reuss, 1872 †
  52. Species Dendrophyllia pahiensis Squires, 1962 †
  53. Species Dendrophyllia paragracilis Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  54. Species Dendrophyllia paroniana Zuffardi-Comerci, 1932 †
  55. Species Dendrophyllia peruviana Vaughan, 1922 †
  56. Species Dendrophyllia plicata M'Coy, 1848 †
  57. Species Dendrophyllia prismatica Reuss, 1872 †
  58. Species Dendrophyllia radians (Wright, 1882)
  59. Species Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  60. Species Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905)
  61. Species Dendrophyllia romanoae Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  62. Species Dendrophyllia rugosa (Gümbel, 1861) †
  63. Species Dendrophyllia rutteni Gerth, 1921 †
  64. Species Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  65. Species Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  66. Species Dendrophyllia tejonensis Nomland, 1916 †
  67. Species Dendrophyllia trifurcata Sismonda, 1871 †
  68. Species Dendrophyllia velata Crossland, 1952
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recent + fossil
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] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135110 on 2026-01-10
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135110 on 2026-01-10
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-09-07 13:48:11Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2019-05-20 08:13:48Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-15 06:23:49Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description 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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 340 [details] 

additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
page(s): 305, 307 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zabala, M.; Maluquer, P.; Harmelin, J.-G. (1993). Epibiotic bryozoans on deep-water scleractinian corals from the Catalonia Slope (western Mediterranean, Spain, France). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57: 65-78.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details] 

additional source Lewis, John B. 1965. A preliminary description of some marine benthic communities from Barbados, West Indies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 1049-1074.
page(s): 1059 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417.
page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 123, 126, Fig. 22-26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Alcock A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 62 (2): 138–149.
page(s): 146 [details] 

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 757-758, Pl. 3, fig. 11-14 [details] 

additional source van der Horst, C. J. (1922). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Eupsammidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monographes, 16c, 46 [98] - 75 [127]
page(s): 58, 74 [details] 

additional source Goffredo, S.; Radetić, J.; Airi, V.; Zaccanti, F. (2005). Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of the gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology, 147, 485-495
page(s): 492 [details] 

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 48 [details] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details] 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source Potts DC. (1995). Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52: 142-147. [details] 

status source ICZN. (2004). Opinion 2061 (Case 2900) Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 61: 51-53., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-80457 [details] 
 
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