Scleractinia name details
Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846
210739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210739)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210739 on 2026-09-13
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Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 203: 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.203.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2, No 9. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892–93. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 62 (4): 169-184, pls 8–9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190562 [details]
additional source Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, 9. Cmdr. C.F. Oldham, R.N., Commanding. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2): 171-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190562
page(s): 171 [details]
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 Dana JD. (1872). Corals and coral islands. <em>Dodd & Mead, New York.</em> 398 pp.
page(s): 75, 76 [details]
additional source Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
page(s): 7, 387 [details]
additional source Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1847). On Zoophytes. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 2(4): 64-69; 2(5): 187-202; 3(7): 1-24; 3(8): 160-163; 3(9): 337-347. New-Haven., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28135503
page(s): 385, 387 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pl. 1.
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Quelch J.J. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pls 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 18, 196 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
additional source Wells JW (1964) Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 107-121, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 108 [details]
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 203: 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.203.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2, No 9. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892–93. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 62 (4): 169-184, pls 8–9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190562 [details]
additional source Alcock, A. (1893). Natural History notes from the H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, 9. Cmdr. C.F. Oldham, R.N., Commanding. An account of the deep-sea collection made during the season of 1892-93. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2): 171-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190562
page(s): 171 [details]
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 Dana JD. (1872). Corals and coral islands. <em>Dodd & Mead, New York.</em> 398 pp.
page(s): 75, 76 [details]
additional source Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
page(s): 7, 387 [details]
additional source Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1847). On Zoophytes. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 2(4): 64-69; 2(5): 187-202; 3(7): 1-24; 3(8): 160-163; 3(9): 337-347. New-Haven., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28135503
page(s): 385, 387 [details]
additional source Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pl. 1.
page(s): 104 [details]
additional source Quelch J.J. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pls 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 18, 196 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
additional source Wells JW (1964) Ahermatypic corals from Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Zoology 2: 107-121, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 108 [details]
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE424verycloseup)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE424wholecolony)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE424wholecolony)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
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