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Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)

286719  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286719)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Anomocora (Genus)
  10. Anomocora prolifera (Species)
accepted
Species
Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ceratocyathus prolifera Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Ceratotrochus johnsoni Duncan, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ceratocyathus prolifera Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details] 
Depth range 30-329 m  
Depth range 30-329 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286719 on 2025-04-04
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-22 15:01:56Z
checked
Cairns, Stephen
2020-04-09 17:25:08Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-29 17:00:59Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ceratocyathus prolifera Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details] 

original description (of Ceratotrochus johnsoni Duncan, 1882) Duncan PM. (1882). On some recent corals from Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1882: 213-220, pl. 8. [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference 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 Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa. 2262: 1-39. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia. pp 1-246. [details] 

additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity. 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details] 

additional source Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
page(s): 314 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) BMNH 1909.8.21.1-2, geounit Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) BMNH 1974.7.24.1, geounit Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) MCZ, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) MCZ, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) MNHN, geounit Western Saharan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) TAMU, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) UMML 0,51319444444, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) USNM 46777, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) USNM 46778, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) USNM 46780 [details]
Nontype (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) USNM 46802, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2142 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2143 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2146 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2164 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2176 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2392 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2571 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2577 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2683 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2725 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2754 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2798 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2847 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2874 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI316, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype ICN CNI406 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI833 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI834 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI835 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI836 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI837 [details]
Nontype USNM 46781 [details]
Nontype USNM 46792, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46799, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80373, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80736, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)) USNM 68475 [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 30-329 m [details]

Habitat slope [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ceratotrochus johnsoni Duncan, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1918 records) (from synonym Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871))
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