WoRMS taxon details
Sporadopora Moseley, 1879
174790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174790)
accepted
Genus
Polypora dichotoma Moseley, 1876 accepted as Sporadopora dichotoma (Moseley, 1876) (type by monotypy)
Polypora Moseley, 1876 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
- Species Sporadopora dichotoma (Moseley, 1876)
- Species Sporadopora micropora Cairns, 1991
- Species Sporadopora mortenseni Broch, 1942
- Species Sporadopora atabulata Lowe, 1967 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Sporadopora granulosa Cairns, 1983 accepted as Lepidopora granulosa (Cairns, 1983)
- Species Sporadopora providentiae Hickson & England, 1909 accepted as Distichopora providentiae (Hickson & England, 1909) (basionym, changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details]
Note Type species Polypora dichotoma Moseley, 1876
From editor or global species database
Type species Type species Polypora dichotoma Moseley, 1876 [details]
Depth range 119-1498 m
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Depth range 119-1498 m [details]
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Sporadopora Moseley, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174790 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514 [details]
original description (of Polypora Moseley, 1876) Moseley HN. (1876). Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridae, a group of stony corals which, like the Milleporidae, are hydroids, and not anthozoans. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 1876 172: 93-101. [details]
basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. figs. 1-28. (iv.1983). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polypora Moseley, 1876) Moseley HN. (1876). Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridae, a group of stony corals which, like the Milleporidae, are hydroids, and not anthozoans. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.</em> 1876 172: 93-101. [details]
basis of record Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. figs. 1-28. (iv.1983). [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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 at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors
[request] identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
