WoRMS name details

Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)

135131  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135131)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ceratocyathus prolifera Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details]   
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Asterosmilia prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135131 on 2024-04-23
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2010-09-19 15:40:47Z
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2022-06-29 17:00:59Z
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original description  (of Ceratocyathus prolifera Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[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 Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 96, 98, 109-110, 119, pl. II [details]   

additional source Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. <em>Francisco Lemus, La Laguna.</em> 1-477 pp. [details]   

additional source Hubbard, R. H.; Wells, J. W. (1986). Ahermatypic shallow-water scleractinian corals of Trinidad. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 68(211): 121-144
page(s): 138-139, Figures 31, 32 (USNM 68475) [details]   

additional source Squires, D. F. (1959). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 1 Atlantic corals. American Museum Novitates, 1965, 1-42
page(s): 6, 12 [details]   

redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 140 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype BMNH 1909.8.21.1-2, geounit Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH 1974.7.24.1, geounit Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype MNHN, geounit Western Saharan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype TAMU, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UMML 0,51319444444, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46777, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46778, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46780 [details]
Nontype USNM 46802, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 68475 [details]