African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

AfReMaS taxon details

Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

AphiaID

267831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267831)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

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Species Sclerhelia hirtella (Pallas, 1766)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 5. Monographie des oculinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 13: 63-110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434560 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267831 on 2026-08-25

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sclerhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267831 on 2026-08-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-15 23:16:22Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2018-08-17 20:26:17Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2020-05-05 15:20:50Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-24 11:12:51Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1850) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 5. Monographie des oculinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 13: 63-110, pls. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13434560 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

redescription Zibrowius, H. (1974). Redescription of Sclerhelia hirtella from Saint Helena, South Atlantic, and remarks on Indo-Pacific species erroneously referred to the same genus (Scleractinia). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(5): 563-575., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770481 [details]

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