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Coenosmilia Pourtalès, 1874

135089  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135089)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Coenosmilia (Genus)
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  1. Species Coenosmilia inordinata Cairns, 1984
  2. Species Coenosmilia arbuscula Pourtalès, 1874 accepted as Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Coenosmilia fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Coenosmilia repens Chevalier, 1966 accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pourtalès, L.F., de. (1874). Zoölogical results of the Hassler Expedition, III. Crinoids and corals. Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 8: 25-50, pls. 6-9. [details] 
Depth range 74-622 m  
Depth range 74-622 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Coenosmilia Pourtalès, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135089 on 2025-04-12
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2006-09-08 06:50:23Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-14 23:09:58Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2019-05-29 11:06:48Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-08-23 14:59:04Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-24 11:12:51Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Pourtalès, L.F., de. (1874). Zoölogical results of the Hassler Expedition, III. Crinoids and corals. Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 8: 25-50, pls. 6-9. [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] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region. 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.). 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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Diagnosis Corallum colonial, forming small bushy colony by extracalicular budding; pali absent; columella spongy to trabecular; tabular endothecal dissepiments abundant. [details]

Remark Two Recent species. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 74-622 m [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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