WoRMS taxon details
Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
AphiaID: 290565
AphiaID: 290565
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Oxysmilia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cyathoceras portoricensis Vaughan, 1901 Desmophyllum incertum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Lophosmilia rotundifolia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Lophosmilia urena Duchassaing, 1870 Parasmilia punctata Lindstrom, 1877 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap, and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices [details] additional source: Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo and S.D. Cairns, 2009. Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa 2262: 1-39, including 4 pls. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details] context source (Deepsea): Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Bermuda [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 46-640 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290565 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290565 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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