Scleractinia taxon details
Cycloseris wellsi (Veron & Pichon, 1980)
716291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716291)
accepted
Species
Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [details]
Holotype (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)...
, Note Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands
Holotype (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) USNM 44818, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cycloseris wellsi (Veron & Pichon, 1980). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716291 on 2026-07-04
original description
(of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [details]
new combination reference Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Reijnen, B.T., Montano, S. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2012. Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home. Contributions to Zoology 81: 125-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08103001 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Reijnen, B.T., Montano, S. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2012. Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home. Contributions to Zoology 81: 125-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08103001 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) USNM 44818, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Type locality Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris wellsi)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44818) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cycloseris wellsi)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44818) (from synonym Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)