WoRMS taxon details
Stylophora wellsi Scheer, 1964
206977 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206977)
accepted
Species
Stylophora hassi Scheer, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Scheer G (1964). Bemerkenswerte Korallen aus dem Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 613-620. [details]
Description This species is a stoutly branching form, usually of similar shape and size to heavier Stylophora pistillata, but often...
Description This species is a stoutly branching form, usually of similar shape and size to heavier Stylophora pistillata, but often developing thicker, convoluted keels and ridges. Its principal distinguishing feature is that its branch surfaces are irregular and have verrucae in the manner of Pocillopora, with which it has certainly been confused in the past. However, its calical structures are clearly those of Stylophora, but it does not have well developed calical hoods. This is a Red Sea endemic, and is common in the northern and central parts, less so in the south. This species grows only in very shallow water of exposed fringing and barrier reefs which experience strong swell and wave action. It is very rare indeed below 3 m deep. The greater the wave action of the site, the larger and better developed are its colonies. Stylophora wellsi is commonly seen alongside S. pistillata which in these shallow, exposed habitats adopts an increasingly stoutly branched morphology but remains easily distinguished by its lack of verrucae and its smoother branches (Sheppard, 1998). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Stylophora wellsi Scheer, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206977 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Scheer G (1964). Bemerkenswerte Korallen aus dem Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 613-620. [details]
original description (of Stylophora hassi Scheer, 1967) Scheer G (1967). Korallen von den Sarso-Inseln im Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 421-436. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [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): 37 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 64 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 47, 61, 68, 113 [details]
original description (of Stylophora hassi Scheer, 1967) Scheer G (1967). Korallen von den Sarso-Inseln im Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 421-436. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [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): 37 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 64 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 47, 61, 68, 113 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NMSR 8554, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8555, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description This species is a stoutly branching form, usually of similar shape and size to heavier Stylophora pistillata, but often developing thicker, convoluted keels and ridges. Its principal distinguishing feature is that its branch surfaces are irregular and have verrucae in the manner of Pocillopora, with which it has certainly been confused in the past. However, its calical structures are clearly those of Stylophora, but it does not have well developed calical hoods. This is a Red Sea endemic, and is common in the northern and central parts, less so in the south. This species grows only in very shallow water of exposed fringing and barrier reefs which experience strong swell and wave action. It is very rare indeed below 3 m deep. The greater the wave action of the site, the larger and better developed are its colonies. Stylophora wellsi is commonly seen alongside S. pistillata which in these shallow, exposed habitats adopts an increasingly stoutly branched morphology but remains easily distinguished by its lack of verrucae and its smoother branches (Sheppard, 1998). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | hood coral | [details] |
