Scleractinia taxon details

Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834

Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa

135087  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135087)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Cladocoridae (Family)
  9. Cladocora (Genus)
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Genus
Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Procladocora Alloiteau, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhabdocora de Fromentel, 1872 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Subgenus Cladocora (Dendrocora) Duncan, 1876 †
    1. Species Cladocora (Dendrocora) fissipara (Duncan, 1876)
  2. Species Cladocora arbuscula (Le Sueur, 1820)
  3. Species Cladocora bosquensis Frost & Langenheim, 1974 †
  4. Species Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  5. Species Cladocora conferta Reuss, 1848 †
  6. Species Cladocora contortilis Tenison-Woods, 1878 †
  7. Species Cladocora cretacea (de Fromentel, 1873) †
  8. Species Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  9. Species Cladocora depauperata Reuss, 1872 †
  10. Species Cladocora dubia Tenison-Woods, 1880 †
  11. Species Cladocora exiguis (de Fromentel, 1877) †
  12. Species Cladocora gabriellinae de Angelis d'Ossat, 1905 †
  13. Species Cladocora gracilis (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  14. Species Cladocora haimei Duncan, 1864 †
  15. Species Cladocora intricata (Michelin, 1842) †
  16. Species Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan, 1899 †
  17. Species Cladocora johnsoni Gane, 1895 †
  18. Species Cladocora liburnensis Chevalier, 1961 †
  19. Species Cladocora manipulata (Michelin, 1842) †
  20. Species Cladocora michelotti Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †
  21. Species Cladocora multicaulis (Michelin, 1942) †
  22. Species Cladocora ornata (Felix, 1903) †
  23. Species Cladocora pacifica Cairns, 1991
  24. Species Cladocora prevostiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 †
  25. Species Cladocora recrescens Lonsdale, 1845 †
  26. Species Cladocora reussi de Fromentel, 1861 †
  27. Species Cladocora vermiculata Chevalier, 1961 †
  28. Species Cladocora antarctica Filkorn, 1994 † accepted as Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan, 1899 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Cladocora anthophyllum (Esper, 1789) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Cladocora astraearia Sars, 1857 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Cladocora calycularis (Lamarck, 1836) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Cladocora candelabrum Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Cladocora arbuscula (Le Sueur, 1820) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Cladocora cespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  34. Species Cladocora conferta Moseley, 1880 accepted as Colangia moseleyi (Faustino, 1927) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  35. Species Cladocora dianthus (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Placophyllia dianthus (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Cladocora gamachotensis Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Cladocora johnsoni Gane, 1895 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Cladocora gemmans (Chevalier, 1966) accepted as Schizoculina africana (Thiel, 1928) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Cladocora kabiraensis Eguchi, 1975 accepted as Blastomussa merleti (Wells, 1961) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Cladocora libididnum Oppenheim, 1930 † accepted as Cladocora gracilis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Cladocora lineata (Conrad, 1835) † accepted as Astrangia lineata (Conrad, 1835) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Cladocora manipulata Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Cladocora gracilis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
  42. Species Cladocora moseleyi Faustino, 1927 accepted as Colangia moseleyi (Faustino, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Cladocora muellerae Abel, 1959 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Cladocora parvistella Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Cladocora arbuscula (Le Sueur, 1820) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Cladocora patriarca Pourtalès, 1874 accepted as Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Cladocora paulmayeri Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Cladocora plicata (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Chorisastraea plicatum (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Cladocora profunda (Cairns, 1991) accepted as Oculina profunda Cairns, 1991 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Cladocora simonyi Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Calamophylliopsis simonyi (Reuss, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  50. Species Cladocora stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Cladocora tenuis Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Cladocora gracilis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Cladocora unipedalis Duchassaing & Michellotti, 1860 accepted as Cladocora arbuscula (Le Sueur, 1820) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Species Cladocora fissipara (Duncan, 1876) represented as Cladocora (Dendrocora) fissipara (Duncan, 1876)
  54. Species Cladocora brevis Pourtalès, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  55. Species Cladocora flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  56. Species Cladocora irregularis Morris, 1843 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  57. Species Cladocora laevigata Ehrenberg, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  58. Species Cladocora pulchella Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   
Depth range 1-480 m  
Depth range 1-480 m [details]

Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent  
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135087 on 2024-05-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-15 23:16:22Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2013-09-08 13:36:39Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2018-08-12 20:36:10Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-06-18 10:42:17Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-07 07:00:06Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]   

original description  (of Rhabdocora de Fromentel, 1872 †) Fromentel, E de. (1862-1887). Paléontologie française. Terrains Crétacés. VIII: Zoophytes. Masson, Paris, 8, 624 pp. (1862: pp. 1–44; 1877: pp. 433–480; 1887: 609–624).  [details]   

original description  (of Procladocora Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]   

original description  (of Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau, 1957 †) Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 513, 524 [details]   

additional source Duerden, J. E. (1898). On the relations of certain Stichodactylinae to the Madreporaria. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology), 26, 635-653
page(s): 639 [details]   

additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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 Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]   

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]   

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]   

additional source Heider, A. von. (1881). Die Gattung Cladocora Ehrenb. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abt. 1, Mineralogie, Botanik, Zoologie, Geologie und Paläontologie.</em> 84: 1-34, pls. 1-4. [details]   

additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details]   

additional source Baron-Szabo, R. C. (2005). Geographic and stratigraphic distributions of the Caribbean species of Cladocora (Scleractinia, Faviidae). <em>Facies.</em> 51(1-4): 185-196., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-005-0004-6 [details]   

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
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Diagnosis Colonial, variably branching, phaceloid-dendroid to subflabelloid or even subfasciculate. Gemmation intracalicinal (polystomodaeal) and extracalicinal. Costosepta compact, finely granulated laterally, dentate marginally. Paliform swellings in front of S1 and S2 can be present. Pseudo-columella formed by trabecular extension of axial septal ends, irregularly parietal, spongy to papillose, sublamellar deeper in corallum. Wall septothecal and septoparathecal. Endothecal dissepiments and epithecal wall thin. [details]

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Biology Zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate species [details]

Depth range 1-480 m [details]

Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
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English ivory tube coral  [details]
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa (Linne, 1767), topotype
Cladocora caespitosa (Linne, 1767), topotype
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), terminal calices of a branch.
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), terminal calices of a branch.
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), free globular-shaped colony.
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), free globular-shaped colony.
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), side view of fragment of a large, globular-shaped colony.
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767), side view of fragment of a large, globular-shaped colony.
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
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