Marine Species Traits - Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Traits name details

Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Living coral thickets on Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight

AphiaID

411145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411145)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Oculinidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

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Species Amphihelia reflexa (Michelotti, 1847) †

Environment

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

Original description

Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Mémoire sur les polypiers appartenant a aux groups naturels des zoanthaires perforés es des zoanthaires tabulés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 29: 257-263. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411145 on 2026-01-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411145 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Mémoire sur les polypiers appartenant a aux groups naturels des zoanthaires perforés es des zoanthaires tabulés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 29: 257-263. [details]

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569.
page(s): 547, 565, 567 [details]

additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]

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 Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 942 [details] Available for editors

additional source Duncan, P. M. (1877). On the rapidity of growth and variability of some Madreporaria on an Atlantic cable, with remarks upon the rate of accumulation of foraminiferal deposits. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 26, 133-137
page(s): 134, 135 [details]