CaRMS taxon details
Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
157967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157967)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] 
Depth range 0-263 m
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Depth range 0-263 m [details]
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157967 on 2025-03-12
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157967 on 2025-03-12
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(of ) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema, B. W., Roos, P. J., and Cadee, G. C. (2015). Corrigendum: Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 445: 279.</em> [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
page(s): 248, 281, 345 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Calder, D.R., A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock & D.M. Opresko, 2002. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Spec. Publ. Am. Fish. Soc. 28 : i-xi, 1-115. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Fenner, D.P. (1993). Species distinctions among several Caribbean stony corals. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 53, 1099-1116.
page(s): 1112 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 319 [details]
additional source Dimond, J.; Carrington, E. (2007). Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348, 161-172
page(s): 161-171 [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
new combination reference Peters, E.C., S.D. Cairns, M.E.Q. Pilson, J.W. Wells, W.C. Jaap, J.C. Lang, C.E. Vasleski & P. St. Pierre Gollahan. (1988). Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 234-250, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema, B. W., Roos, P. J., and Cadee, G. C. (2015). Corrigendum: Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 445: 279.</em> [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
page(s): 248, 281, 345 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 39 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., Calder, D.R., A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock & D.M. Opresko, 2002. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Spec. Publ. Am. Fish. Soc. 28 : i-xi, 1-115. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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 Fenner, D.P. (1993). Species distinctions among several Caribbean stony corals. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 53, 1099-1116.
page(s): 1112 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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 Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 319 [details]
additional source Dimond, J.; Carrington, E. (2007). Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348, 161-172
page(s): 161-171 [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
new combination reference Peters, E.C., S.D. Cairns, M.E.Q. Pilson, J.W. Wells, W.C. Jaap, J.C. Lang, C.E. Vasleski & P. St. Pierre Gollahan. (1988). Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 234-250, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
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Unreviewed
Biology zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 0-263 m [details]
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras to Texas [details]
Fossil range Miocene to Recent [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | nothern star coralnorthern star stony coralnorthern star coral | [details] |
| French | scléractiniaire du Nord | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astrangia poculata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (627 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097616)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astrangia poculata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (627 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097616)
To ITIS
