WoRMS taxon details
Asterosmilia Duncan, 1867 †
AphiaID: 135083
AphiaID: 135083
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Trochocyathus abnormalis Duncan, 1864 † (type by subsequent designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Asterosmilia abnormalis (Duncan, 1864) † Species Asterosmilia gigas (van der Horst, 1931) accepted as Anomocora gigas (van der Horst, 1931) Species Asterosmilia marchadi (Chevalier, 1966) accepted as Anomocora marchadi (Chevalier, 1966) Species Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | fossil only | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Fossil range: Oligocene to Pliocene [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135083 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Asterosmilia Duncan, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135083 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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