URMO taxon detailsOculina diffusa Lamarck, 1816
287097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287097)
accepted
Species
marine,
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vert�bres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdi�re. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Oculina diffusa Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287097 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Oculina diffusa Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287097 on 2025-09-11
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vert�bres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdi�re. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
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An account of the coral reefs. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 45-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14214322 page(s): 235-236 [details] additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Suppl�ment au m�moire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details] additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Fl�rez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details] additional source Thiel ME. (1941). R�sultats scientifiques des croisi�res du navire-�cole belge "Mercator". I. Madreporaria. <em>M�moires du Mus�e royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, series 2.</em> 21 (2): 3-28, pls. 1-3. [details] additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). 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Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Th�ringen) nebst �kologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolst�dter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113 page(s): 63, 97, 111 [details] additional source Almy CC, Carri�n-Torres C. (1963). Shallow water stony corals of Puerto Rico. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 3: 269-279. [details] additional source Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Fr�res: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image [details] additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387. page(s): 281, 345 [details] additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80. page(s): 77 [details] additional source Agassiz, L. (1880). 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List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 page(s): 46 [details] additional source Dana, J.D. (1846-1847). On Zoophytes. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 2(4): 64-69; 2(5): 187-202; 3(7): 1-24; 3(8): 160-163; 3(9): 337-347. New-Haven., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28135503 page(s): 391, 396, 397 [details] additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46. page(s): 36 [details] additional source Volpi, C., Benvenuti D., 2003. The Duchassaing & Michelotti collection of Caribbean corals: status of the types and location of the specimens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144 1: 51-74. page(s): 63 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oculina diffusa) To GenBank (311 nucleotides; 307 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (659 records) To ITIS |