Deep-Sea taxon details
Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984
267275 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267275)
accepted
Genus
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Wells JW. (1984). Notes on Indo-Paciflc scleractinian corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 38 (3): 205-219. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267275 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267275 on 2026-07-10
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Wells JW. (1984). Notes on Indo-Paciflc scleractinian corals. Part 10. Late Pleistocene ahermatypic corals from Vanuatu. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 38 (3): 205-219. [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 Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
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 Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
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Biology azooxanthellate [details]Comparison Similar to Deltocyathus but reproducing by transverse division. [details]
Depth range 210-566 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum solitary, free, discoidal, increasing by transverse division; base flat, showing attachment scar; costae granular; projecting costal spines associated with C1; pali before all but last cycle; columella papillose. [details]
Fossil range Pleistocene to Recent [details]
Remark Monotypic, Recent [details]
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