African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781)

WoRMS taxon details

Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781)

Heteropsammia cochlea, side view

AphiaID

207501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207501)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Heteropsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Madrepora cochlea Spengler, 1781

Synonymised names

Heteropsammia aphrodes Alcock, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia cochlea alta Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia cochlea var. alta Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia michelinii var. formosus Hu, 1987 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia ovalis Semper, 1872 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia ovalis formosensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia ovalis japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia ovalis var. formosensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia pisum Alcock, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteropsammia rotundata Semper, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Madrepora cochlea Spengler, 1781 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Psammoseris cylicioides Tenison-Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Madrepora cochlea Spengler, 1781) Spengler L (1781) Beskrivelse over et ganske besynderligt Corall-Produkt, hvilket man, indtil dets Sloegt noermere bestemmes, kunde kalde en Snekke-Madrepore (Madrepora cochlea). Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, København 1: 240-248. [details]

Type data

Note Bay of Bengal (Veron, 1986).

Unreviewed

Type locality Bay of Bengal (Veron, 1986). [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Corals are solitary or form small colonies, and are free-living with one or two calices on a base that is flat or keeled...

Description Corals are solitary or form small colonies, and are free-living with one or two calices on a base that is flat or keeled according to the nature of the substrate. They have an obligate commensal relationship with a sipunculid worm (Aspidosiphon corallicola) and usually have one parasitic mussel (Lithophaga lessepsiana) embedded above the sipunculid. The sipunculid moves the coral about on soft substrates and prevents it from becoming buried. Corallites are round or laterally compressed, up to 25 mm in diameter., have well-developed septa which follow Pourtales Plan, broad, compact deep-seated columellae, and walls composed of porous coenosteum. Polyps are extended only at night. They are hermatypic in tropical localities, but are possibly ahermatypic in high latitude locations. Colour: grey or brown. Abundance: always found on soft horizontal substrates at depths of 20 m or more. Where it does occur, it is usually very abundant (up to approximately 300 individuals per square ! (Veron, 1986 <57>)

metre at some locations) Usually occurs in association with Heterocyathus aequicostatus and Cycloseris cyclolites. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
An unusual, free-living coral, usually solitary or with two calices sharing one base. Overall size about 2-3 cm. Perforations in the base allow the commensal sipunculid worm (Aspidosiphon corallicola) to move in and out of the calyx. Habitat: on sand below the reef base. (Richmond, 1997) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Heteropsammia cochlea (Spengler, 1781). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207501 on 2024-12-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 14:17:27Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-18 15:57:33Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-01 00:45:09Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2014-04-21 09:20:09Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2014-06-02 17:13:55Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-25 08:07:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Heteropsammia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia aphrodes Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. 1893. On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History) 62: 138-149, pl. 5. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia rotundata Semper, 1872) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia ovalis Semper, 1872 †) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia pisum Alcock, 1902) Alcock A (1902) Diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2) 7: 89-115. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia ovalis var. formosensis Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 †) Yabe H, Eguchi M (1932) Corals of the genera Heteropsammia and Oulangia from Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 10: 20-31, pls. 3-4. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia michelinii var. formosus Hu, 1987 †) Hu CH. (1987). Unusual fossil corals from Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan. Memoirs of the Geological Society of China. 8:31-48, pls. 1-3. [details]

original description (of Madrepora cochlea Spengler, 1781) Spengler L (1781) Beskrivelse over et ganske besynderligt Corall-Produkt, hvilket man, indtil dets Sloegt noermere bestemmes, kunde kalde en Snekke-Madrepore (Madrepora cochlea). Nye Samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, København 1: 240-248. [details]

original description (of Heteropsammia cochlea var. alta Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 †) Yabe H, Eguchi M (1932) Corals of the genera Heteropsammia and Oulangia from Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 10: 20-31, pls. 3-4. [details]

original description (of Psammoseris cylicioides Tenison-Woods, 1879) Tenison-Woods JE (1879) On a new species of Psammoseris. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 8-11, pl. 1. [details]

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