MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1827)

WoRMS taxon details

Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1827)

Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1826), lateral view of a large specimen with a narrow base.

AphiaID

135200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135200)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834

Orig. name

Caryophyllia pygmaea Risso, 1827

Synonymised names

Biflabellum anthophyllum (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Caryophyllia pygmaea Risso, 1827 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Coelocyathus typicus Sars, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euphyllia anthophyllum (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Flabellum anthophyllum (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Monomyces anthophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Rhizotrochus affinis Duncan, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

(of Caryophyllia pygmaea Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome V. Paris: F.-G. Levrault. i-viii + 1-403 pp., [pls. 1-10], figs. 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39428259 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 5-150 m

Depth range 5-150 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Monomyces pygmaea (Risso, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135200 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Monomyces anthophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Caryophyllia pygmaea Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome V. Paris: F.-G. Levrault. i-viii + 1-403 pp., [pls. 1-10], figs. 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39428259 [details]

original description (of Coelocyathus typicus Sars, 1857) Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062 [details]

original description (of Rhizotrochus affinis Duncan, 1873) Duncan PM. (1873). A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 8: 303-344, pls. 39-49. [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 Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
page(s): 128 fig. 61 B, 131 fig. 62 D, G, 137 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
page(s): 31 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]

additional source Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. Natura Croatica. 11: 265-292. [details]

additional source Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
page(s): 213, 215, 217 [details]

additional source Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
page(s): 381, 383 [details]

redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors