Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135159 on 2025-07-19
original description(ofDesmophyllum cristagalli Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10.[details]
original description(ofMadrepora dianthus Esper, 1794)Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online athttps://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum costatum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10.[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. page(s): 253, 254, 343, Plate 7 fig. 11 [details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum ingens Moseley, 1880)Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum capense Gardiner, 1905)Gardiner, J.S. (1905). The turbinolid corals of South Africa, with notes on their anatomy and variation. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3(4): 97-129, pls. 1-3.[details]
original description(ofDesmophyllum serpuliforme Gravier, 1915)Gravier, C. (1915). Note préliminaire sur les Madréporaires recueilles au cours des croisières de la Princesse-Alice et de l'Hirondelle II, de inclusivement. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 304: 1-22.[details]
original description(ofThalassiotrochus telegraphicus Milne Edwards, 1861)Milne Edwards A. (1861). Observations zur l'existence de divers mollusques et zoophytes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 4.</em> 15: 149-157.[details]
basis of recordCairns, 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]
Taxonomy
redescriptionCairns, 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 [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150.[details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Biology azooxanthellate [details] Depth range 8-2460 m [details] Distribution cosmopolitan [details] Habitat shelf to slope [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Present 
![Desmophyllum dianthus, calicular view. (Specimen identified as D. capense by Gardiner [1939])](https://images.marinespecies.org/thumbs/159307_desmophyllum-dianthus-calicular-view-specimen-identified-as-d.png?w=140 "Desmophyllum dianthus, calicular view. (Specimen identified as D. capense by Gardiner [1939])")
