WoRMS taxon details
Stephanocoenia intersepta (Esper, 1795)
291119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291119)
accepted
Species
Alveopora intersepta (Esper, 1795) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Antillastraea spongiformis (Duncan, 1864) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Fissicella) intersepta (Esper, 1795) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea intersepta (Esper, 1795) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea intersepta (Esper, 1795) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Plesiastraea goodei Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesiastrea goodei (Verrill, 1900) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanocoenia debelis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanocoenia goodei (Verrill, 1900) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stephanocoenia intersepta (Esper, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291119 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Plesiastraea goodei Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. (1900). Additions to the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 551-572, pls. 67-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731324 [details]
original description (of Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]
original description (of Stephanocoenia debelis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [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]
original description (of Plesiastraea goodei Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A.E. (1900). Additions to the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 10: 551-572, pls. 67-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731324 [details]
original description (of Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]
original description (of Stephanocoenia debelis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [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]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
[request]
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. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
additional source Humann P, DeLoach N (2002) Reef coral identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, pp. 1-287. [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1901). Some fossil corals from the elevated reefs of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire (West Indies). <em>Sammlung Geologische Rijksmuseum. Leiden.</em> 2: 1-91. [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9.
page(s): 300, 319, Plate 7, figs. 1, 1a, 1b [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details]
additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1924). Report on Plistocene and Pliocene corals from Ceram. <em>Geological, Petrographical, and Paleontological Results of explorations carried out from September 1917 till June 1919 in the island of Ceram, Second Series: Palaeontology.</em> 1: 1-22, map, pls. 1-2. [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 17, 26, 93-96, 192-195, 198, 205, 207, 209, 211-219, 221, 222, 224, 226-237, 244, 246, 250, 303, 311 [details]
additional source Sánchez M, Armando J. (1995). Benthic communities and geomorphology of the Tesoro Island coral reef, Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR,.</em> 24(1):.55-77. [details]
additional source Löser H. (2020). Regional persistence of the extant coral genus Stephanocoenia since the Early Cretaceous in the Western Atlantic. <em>PalZ.</em> 94(1): 17-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-019-00457-y [details]
additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Quelch J.J. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pls 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 12, 202 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Volpi, C., Benvenuti D., 2003. The Duchassaing & Michelotti collection of Caribbean corals: status of the types and location of the specimens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144 1: 51-74.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Steiner, S.C.C., 2003. Stony corals and reefs of Dominica. Atoll Res. Bull. : 497-508.
page(s): 5, 7 [details]
[request]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. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
additional source Humann P, DeLoach N (2002) Reef coral identification Florida Caribbean Bahamas. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, pp. 1-287. [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1901). Some fossil corals from the elevated reefs of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire (West Indies). <em>Sammlung Geologische Rijksmuseum. Leiden.</em> 2: 1-91. [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9.
page(s): 300, 319, Plate 7, figs. 1, 1a, 1b [details]
additional source Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1864). Supplément au mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze di Torino, Serie 2.</em> 23: 97-206, plates 1-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197612 [details]
additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1924). Report on Plistocene and Pliocene corals from Ceram. <em>Geological, Petrographical, and Paleontological Results of explorations carried out from September 1917 till June 1919 in the island of Ceram, Second Series: Palaeontology.</em> 1: 1-22, map, pls. 1-2. [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 17, 26, 93-96, 192-195, 198, 205, 207, 209, 211-219, 221, 222, 224, 226-237, 244, 246, 250, 303, 311 [details]
additional source Sánchez M, Armando J. (1995). Benthic communities and geomorphology of the Tesoro Island coral reef, Colombian Caribbean. <em>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR,.</em> 24(1):.55-77. [details]
additional source Löser H. (2020). Regional persistence of the extant coral genus Stephanocoenia since the Early Cretaceous in the Western Atlantic. <em>PalZ.</em> 94(1): 17-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-019-00457-y [details]
additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Quelch J.J. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pls 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 12, 202 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Volpi, C., Benvenuti D., 2003. The Duchassaing & Michelotti collection of Caribbean corals: status of the types and location of the specimens. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144 1: 51-74.
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source Steiner, S.C.C., 2003. Stony corals and reefs of Dominica. Atoll Res. Bull. : 497-508.
page(s): 5, 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MRSN 277, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) MZUF 248, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type MRSN 276, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type MZUF 249, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | small eyed star coralblushing star coral | [details] |
| German | Kleinäugige Sternkoralle [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanocoenia intersepta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanocoenia michelinii) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (21 records) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (376 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (52 records) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanocoenia intersepta)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stephanocoenia michelinii) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora intersepta Esper, 1795)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (21 records) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (376 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (52 records) (from synonym Stephanocoenia michelini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To ITIS
