WoRMS taxon details
Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850
267418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267418)
accepted
Genus
Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale, 1850 † (type by monotypy)
Aulopsammia Reuss, 1854 † · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977 · unaccepted (synonymy)
- Species Epiphaxum breve Bayer, 1992
- Species Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977)
- Species Epiphaxum septifer Bayer, 1992
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lonsdale W. (1850). Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Corals of the Chalk. <em>In: Dixon F. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex.</em> Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, pp. 237-324., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=ObU19mtxJsIC&ots=6WPON0nh5I&dq=Lonsdale%2C%20W.%091850%09The%20Geology%20and%20Fossils%20of%20the%20Tertiary%20and%20Cretaceous%20Formations%20of%20Sussex.&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267418 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Lonsdale W. (1850). Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Corals of the Chalk. <em>In: Dixon F. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex.</em> Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, pp. 237-324., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=ObU19mtxJsIC&ots=6WPON0nh5I&dq=Lonsdale%2C%20W.%091850%09The%20Geology%20and%20Fossils%20of%20the%20Tertiary%20and%20Cretaceous%20Formations%20of%20Sussex.&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
original description (of Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977) Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Aulopsammia Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lozouet P, Molodtsova T. (2008). Filling a gap: The first occurrences of Epiphaxum (Cnidaria: Helioporacea: Lithotelestidae) in the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51 (1): 241-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00744.x [details]
original description (of Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977) Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Aulopsammia Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Lozouet P, Molodtsova T. (2008). Filling a gap: The first occurrences of Epiphaxum (Cnidaria: Helioporacea: Lithotelestidae) in the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51 (1): 241-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00744.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
