MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Astroides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

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Astroides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Astroides calycularis, cerioid corallum

AphiaID

135107 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135107)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Astroides luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Astroides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Synonymised names

Astreoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766)
Species Astroides luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 0-30 m

Depth range 0-30 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Astroides Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135107 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2010-09-01 00:45:09Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2010-09-07 13:48:11Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2019-08-23 23:05:45Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-24 17:00:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [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 Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. Treatise Online, Part F, Revised. 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors

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

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Diagnosis Calices arranged in cerioid, plocoid or phaceloid colonies; epitheca present; septa normally arranged; axial edges of septa coarsely dentate; columella discrete, and spongy; azooxanthellate. [details]

Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Monotypic, having a Recent and fossil record. [details]

Unreviewed

Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 0-30 m [details]

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