WoRMS taxon details
Trematotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1879
267917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267917)
accepted
Genus
Conocyathus fenestratus Tenison-Woods, 1878 † accepted as Trematotrochus fenestratus (Tenison-Woods, 1878) † (type by original designation)
Batotrochus Wells, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbinolia (Batotrochus) Wells, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Trematotrochus corbicula (Pourtalès, 1878)
- Species Trematotrochus hedleyi Dennant, 1906
- Species Trematotrochus alternans Cairns & Parker, 1992 accepted as Foveolocyathus verconis (Dennant, 1904) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Trematotrochus kitsoni Dennant, 1901 accepted as Foveolocyathus kitsoni (Dennant, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Trematotrochus verconis Dennant, 1904 accepted as Foveolocyathus verconis (Dennant, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Trematotrochus zelandiae (Duncan, 1876) accepted as Conocyathus zelandiae Duncan, 1876 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some Australian Tertiary fossil corals and Polyzoa. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.</em> 12: 57-61, 1 pl. [details]
Depth range 150-576 m
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Depth range 150-576 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Trematotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267917 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some Australian Tertiary fossil corals and Polyzoa. <em>Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales.</em> 12: 57-61, 1 pl. [details]
original description (of Turbinolia (Batotrochus) Wells, 1937) Wells JW. (1937). Coral studies: Part I. Two new species of fossil corals. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 23 (97): 237-241, pl. 1. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
original description (of Turbinolia (Batotrochus) Wells, 1937) Wells JW. (1937). Coral studies: Part I. Two new species of fossil corals. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 23 (97): 237-241, pl. 1. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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 Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Unique in having a truly perforated theca. [details]Diagnosis Corallum ceratoid, with a pointed base and circular in cross section; GCD less than 4.5 mm; theca perforate; costae granular, originating by trifurcation; septa hexamerally arranged in 3-4 cycles; one crown of 6 small P2; columella rudimentary/papillose. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Seven species, only two Recent, listed by Cairns (1997). [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 150-576 m [details]
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
