WoRMS name details
Astropsammia pedersenii Verrill, 1869
503229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:503229)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Astropsammia Verrill, 1869 accepted as Tubastraea Lesson, 1830
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up [details]
Holotype USNM 38354, verbatimGeounit LaPaz, Gulf of...
, Note LaPaz, Gulf of California
Holotype USNM 38354, verbatimGeounit LaPaz, Gulf of Calif... [details]
Type locality LaPaz, Gulf of California [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astropsammia pedersenii Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=503229 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1869). On New and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 12: 381-391., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9494023#page/389/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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 
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source of synonymy Durham JW, Barnard JL (1952) Stony corals of the Eastern Pacific collected by the Velero III and Velero IV. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 16: 1-110, pls. 1-16. [details]
[request]source of synonymy Durham JW, Barnard JL (1952) Stony corals of the Eastern Pacific collected by the Velero III and Velero IV. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 16: 1-110, pls. 1-16. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): 563, 565 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 509 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): 563, 565 [details]
additional source Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
page(s): 1, 27 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): 563, 565 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 509 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): 563, 565 [details]
additional source Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
page(s): 1, 27 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 38354, verbatimGeounit LaPaz, Gulf of Calif... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality LaPaz, Gulf of California [details]
