Scleractinia taxon details
Heliopora de Blainville, 1830
206210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206210)
accepted
Genus
Astreopora (Heliopora) de Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Heliopora astroides Gümbel, 1861 † accepted as Madrepora astraeoites (Gümbel, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heliopora rugosa Gümbel, 1861 † accepted as Dendrophyllia rugosa (Gümbel, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] 
Scleractinia (2025). Heliopora de Blainville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206210 on 2026-06-13
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2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Moseley, H.N. 1877. Of the colouring matters of various animals, and especially of deep-sea forms dredged by H.M.S. Challenger.-- Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new ser., 17: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.167747
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). The Alcyonaria of Bikini and other atolls in the Marshall Group. Part I: The Gorgonacea. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 3(3): 195-210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54294584
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Morales HH, Löser H. (2018). Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 287 (3): 351-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0722 [details]
additional source Colgan MW. (1984). The Cretaceous coral Heliopora (Octocorallia, Coenothecalia) — a common Indo-Pacific reef builder. <em>In: Eldredge N, Stanley SM (eds) Living Fossils. Casebooks in Earth Sciences. Springer, New York, NY.</em> pp. 266-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8271-3_33 [details]
additional source Bouillon J. Houvenaghel-Crevecoeur N. (1970). Étude monographique du genre Heliopora de Blv. <em>Annales Musée royal de lʼAfrique centrale, Series 8.</em> 178: 1-83. [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1948). Fossil Helioporidae from Japan and the South Sea Islands. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 22 (3): 362-364. [details]
additional source Allen, G. R. (1972). The Anemonefishes: Their Classification and Biology. T. F. H. Publications, Inc. Ltd. Neptune City, New Jersey., pp. 288.
page(s): 173 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 234 [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Moseley, H.N. 1877. Of the colouring matters of various animals, and especially of deep-sea forms dredged by H.M.S. Challenger.-- Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new ser., 17: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.167747
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1949). The Alcyonaria of Bikini and other atolls in the Marshall Group. Part I: The Gorgonacea. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 3(3): 195-210., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54294584
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Morales HH, Löser H. (2018). Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 287 (3): 351-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0722 [details]
additional source Colgan MW. (1984). The Cretaceous coral Heliopora (Octocorallia, Coenothecalia) — a common Indo-Pacific reef builder. <em>In: Eldredge N, Stanley SM (eds) Living Fossils. Casebooks in Earth Sciences. Springer, New York, NY.</em> pp. 266-271., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8271-3_33 [details]
additional source Bouillon J. Houvenaghel-Crevecoeur N. (1970). Étude monographique du genre Heliopora de Blv. <em>Annales Musée royal de lʼAfrique centrale, Series 8.</em> 178: 1-83. [details]
additional source Eguchi M. (1948). Fossil Helioporidae from Japan and the South Sea Islands. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 22 (3): 362-364. [details]
additional source Allen, G. R. (1972). The Anemonefishes: Their Classification and Biology. T. F. H. Publications, Inc. Ltd. Neptune City, New Jersey., pp. 288.
page(s): 173 [details]
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 234 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority Authority given as Moseley, 1876 in Faure, G. (1977). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blue corals | [details] |
| German | Blaue Korallen | [details] |
| Japanese | アオサンゴ属 | [details] |
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heliopora)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heliopora)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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