Deep-Sea name details
Discotrochus dentatus Alcock, 1902
512228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512228)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Alcock A (1902) Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2) 7: 89-115. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Discotrochus dentatus Alcock, 1902. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512228 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Discotrochus dentatus Alcock, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512228 on 2026-07-10
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Alcock A (1902) Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2) 7: 89-115. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 8, 34, 63 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 211 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1937). Notes on Deltocyathus and Discotrochus from Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 19: 127-147, pl. 20. [details]
additional source Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1938). The flabellid and turbinolid corals. <em>Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London.</em> 5 (7): 167-202.
page(s): 194-195 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1932). Deep-water corals from the Riukiu limestone of Kikai-Jima, Riukiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 8: 442-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.8.442
page(s): 443, 444 [details]
redescription Alcock AW. (1902). Report on the deep-sea Madreporaria of the Siboga-Expedition. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 16a: 1-52, pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11383 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 8, 34, 63 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 211 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1937). Notes on Deltocyathus and Discotrochus from Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 19: 127-147, pl. 20. [details]
additional source Gardiner JS, Waugh P. (1938). The flabellid and turbinolid corals. <em>Scientific reports of the John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, British Museum (Natural History). London.</em> 5 (7): 167-202.
page(s): 194-195 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1932). Deep-water corals from the Riukiu limestone of Kikai-Jima, Riukiu Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 8: 442-445., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.8.442
page(s): 443, 444 [details]
redescription Alcock AW. (1902). Report on the deep-sea Madreporaria of the Siboga-Expedition. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 16a: 1-52, pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11383 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
