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Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830

Dendrophyllia sp.
Dendrophyllia sp.

135110  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135110)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Dendrophyllia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Brasseyia Wright, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Dendrophyllia aculeata Latypov, 1990
  2. Species Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954)
  3. Species Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880
  4. Species Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922
  5. Species Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926
  6. Species Dendrophyllia californica Durham, 1947
  7. Species Dendrophyllia carleenae Nemenzo, 1983
  8. Species Dendrophyllia cecilliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  9. Species Dendrophyllia cladonia van der Horst, 1927
  10. Species Dendrophyllia compressa Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973
  11. Species Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816)
  12. Species Dendrophyllia cribrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  13. Species Dendrophyllia dilatata van der Horst, 1927
  14. Species Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902
  15. Species Dendrophyllia futojiku Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  16. Species Dendrophyllia granosa Studer, 1878
  17. Species Dendrophyllia ijimai Eguchi, 1968
  18. Species Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952)
  19. Species Dendrophyllia indica Pillai, 1967
  20. Species Dendrophyllia johnsoni Cairns, 1991
  21. Species Dendrophyllia laboreli Zibrowius & Brito, 1984
  22. Species Dendrophyllia minima Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  23. Species Dendrophyllia minuscula Bourne, 1905
  24. Species Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924
  25. Species Dendrophyllia paragracilis Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  26. Species Dendrophyllia radians (Wright, 1882)
  27. Species Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905)
  29. Species Dendrophyllia romanoae Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  30. Species Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000
  31. Species Dendrophyllia velata Crossland, 1952
  32. Subgenus Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia Cairns, 1994 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
    1. Species Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  33. Subgenus Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Tubastraea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) affinis Duncan, 1889 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    2. Species Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) amphelioides Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Dendrophyllia (Coenopsammia) pusilla Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia pusilla (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  34. Species Dendrophyllia aequiserialis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Dendrophyllia affinis Duncan, 1889 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Dendrophyllia amphelioides Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Dendrophyllia anastomozans (Blainville, 1830) accepted as Dendrophyllia cribrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, nomen nudum)
  38. Species Dendrophyllia arborea Dana, 1872 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  39. Species Dendrophyllia arbuscula Utinomi, 1971 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, wrong authority)
  40. Species Dendrophyllia arbuscular van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  41. Species Dendrophyllia atrata Dennant, 1906 accepted as Astrangia atrata (Dennant, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  42. Species Dendrophyllia aurantiaca Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Dendrophyllia aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Tubastraea aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  44. Species Dendrophyllia axifuga Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Duncanopsammia axifuga (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  45. Species Dendrophyllia circularis Verrill, 1869 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, amended spelling)
  46. Species Dendrophyllia coarctata Duncan, 1889 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Species Dendrophyllia coccinea (Lesson, 1830) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Dendrophyllia compressa Ogawa & Takahashi, 1995 accepted as Dendrophyllia compressa Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973 (wrong authority)
  49. Species Dendrophyllia conferta Quelch, 1886 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Species Dendrophyllia cornucopia De Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Eguchipsammia cornucopia (De Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  51. Species Dendrophyllia cortezi Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Dendrophyllia cyatheloides Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Species Dendrophyllia cyathoides Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  54. Species Dendrophyllia cylindrica Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Dendrophyllia ijimai Eguchi, 1968 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Dendrophyllia danae Verrill (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  56. Species Dendrophyllia diaphana Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea diaphana (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Dendrophyllia ehrenbergiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Dendrophyllia elegans van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Dendrophyllia equiserialis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Dendrophyllia erecta Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Species Dendrophyllia fistula (Alcock, 1902) accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Dendrophyllia florentula Alcock, 1902 accepted as Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  63. Species Dendrophyllia florentula van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
  64. Species Dendrophyllia fluolenta van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
  65. Species Dendrophyllia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Dendrophyllia goesii Lindström, 1877 accepted as Rhizopsammia goesi (Lindström, 1877) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  67. Species Dendrophyllia gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  68. Species Dendrophyllia horsti Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Species Dendrophyllia japonica van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
  70. Species Dendrophyllia japonica Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Eguchipsammia japonica (Rehberg, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  71. Species Dendrophyllia klunzingeri van der Horst, 1926 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Species Dendrophyllia laborelli (Zibr. & Brilo, 1984) accepted as Dendrophyllia laboreli Zibrowius & Brito, 1984 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  73. Species Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Species Dendrophyllia micrantha (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  75. Species Dendrophyllia micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  76. Species Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Species Dendrophyllia nouhuysi Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  78. Species Dendrophyllia oahensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  79. Species Dendrophyllia oldroydi Oldroyd, 1924 accepted as Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  80. Species Dendrophyllia palita Squires & Keyes, 1967 accepted as Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  81. Species Dendrophyllia praecipua (Gardiner & Waugh, 1939) accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  82. Species Dendrophyllia produnda (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  83. Species Dendrophyllia profunda (Pourtales, 1867) accepted as Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  84. Species Dendrophyllia pusilla Alcock, 1902 accepted as Enallopsammia pusilla (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  85. Species Dendrophyllia radiata (Verrill, 1864) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  86. Species Dendrophyllia rubeola Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Culicia rubeola (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  87. Species Dendrophyllia scabrosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabrosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  88. Species Dendrophyllia serpentina Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Eguchipsammia serpentina (Vaughan, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  89. Species Dendrophyllia sibogae van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Tubastraea diaphana (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Species Dendrophyllia sphaerica Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  91. Species Dendrophyllia subcornigera Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  92. Species Dendrophyllia surcularis Verrill, 1869 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, incorrect original spelling)
  93. Species Dendrophyllia tenuilamellosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  94. Species Dendrophyllia turbinata Nemenzo, 1960 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  95. Species Dendrophyllia viridis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Dendrophyllia wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  97. Species Dendrophyllia willeyi (Gardiner, 1900) accepted as Cladopsammia willeyi (Gardiner, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  98. Species Dendrophyllia coccinea (Ehrenberg, 1834) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  99. Species Dendrophyllia gravis Bassett-Smith, 1890 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  100. Species Dendrophyllia semiramea Blainville, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  HLD X2: 154-20, geounit Indian Exclusive...  
Holotype HLD X2: 154-20, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 1-900 m  
Depth range 1-900 m [details]

Description Ahermatypic, colonies are dendroid becoming bushy by extratentacular budding. Corallites are tubular with septa fused...  
Description Ahermatypic, colonies are dendroid becoming bushy by extratentacular budding. Corallites are tubular with septa fused according to Pourtales Plan. Polyps are extended mostly at night and are large and fleshy (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

Fossil range Paleocene to Recent  
Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia de Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135110 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature

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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Brasseyia Wright, 1882) Wright B. (1882). Some new species of corals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5).</em> 9: 73-78, pls. 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26194528 [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription 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  PDF available [request]

status source Potts DC. (1995). Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52: 142-147. [details] 

status source ICZN. (2004). Opinion 2061 (Case 2900) Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 61: 51-53., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-80457 [details] 

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 340 [details] 

additional source Kitahara, M.V., J. Stolarski, S.D. Cairns, F. Benzoni, J.L. Stake & D.J. Miller. (2012). The first modern solitary Agariciidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) revealed by molecular and microstructural analysis. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 26 (3): 303-315., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is11053
page(s): 305, 307 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zabala, M.; Maluquer, P.; Harmelin, J.-G. (1993). Epibiotic bryozoans on deep-water scleractinian corals from the Catalonia Slope (western Mediterranean, Spain, France). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 57: 65-78.
page(s): 66 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details] 

additional source Lewis, John B. 1965. A preliminary description of some marine benthic communities from Barbados, West Indies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 43: 1049-1074.
page(s): 1059 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417.
page(s): 409 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 123, 126, Fig. 22-26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alcock A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 62 (2): 138–149.
page(s): 146 [details] 

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 757-758, Pl. 3, fig. 11-14 [details] 

additional source van der Horst, C. J. (1922). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Eupsammidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monographes, 16c, 46 [98] - 75 [127]
page(s): 58, 74 [details] 

additional source Goffredo, S.; Radetić, J.; Airi, V.; Zaccanti, F. (2005). Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of the gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology, 147, 485-495
page(s): 492 [details] 

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 48 [details] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details] 

 
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Holotype HLD X2: 154-20, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Diagnosis Extratentacular budding forms colonies of three types: arborescent, bushy and dendroid; epitheca absent; costae well defined; septa in Pourtalès plan;; pali present or not; columella spongy or papillose; azooxanthellate. [details]

Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. 74 species, 33 known from fossil record. Cairns (2001) divided the genus into three species groups, based on colony morphology. [details]

Unreviewed
Depth range 1-900 m [details]

Description Ahermatypic, colonies are dendroid becoming bushy by extratentacular budding. Corallites are tubular with septa fused according to Pourtales Plan. Polyps are extended mostly at night and are large and fleshy (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Remark Type species: Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758 from an unrecorded locality (Veron, 1986).
type locality is Mediterranean - Cairns [details]
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