Deep-Sea taxon details
Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978
267805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267805)
accepted
Genus
Rhizosmilia gerdae Cairns, 1978 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1978). New genus and species of ahermatypic coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 9l(l): 216-221, 1(1), text-fig. [details] Available for editors 
Depth range 1-539 m
Depth range 1-539 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267805 on 2026-07-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267805 on 2026-07-04
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original description
Cairns, S.D. (1978). New genus and species of ahermatypic coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 9l(l): 216-221, 1(1), text-fig. [details] Available for editors
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 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. (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
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
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 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. (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
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype USNM 10210 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 1-539 m [details]
Diagnosis Corallum colonial, forming small phaceloid colonies by extracalicular budding; base polycyclic; paliform lobes present before penultimate septal cycle and occasionally first and second septal cycle; columella spongy, lamellar or fascicular; endothecal dissepiments present. [details]
Remark Six exclusively Recent species [details]
From editor or global species database
