WoRMS taxon details
Lissotrochus Cairns, 2004
267559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267559)
accepted
Genus
Lissotrochus curvatus Cairns, 2004 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 342-367 m
Depth range 342-367 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Lissotrochus Cairns, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267559 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
[request] 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Cryptotrochus in having smooth costae and a cornuted corallum. [details]Diagnosis Corallum ceratoid, cornute, with a pointed base and elliptical in cross section; GCD up t 3.2 mm; theca imperforate and mostly epithecate, originating by trifurcation; septa hexamerally arranged in 4 incomplete cycles (up to 44 septa); paliform lobes before S2 and sometimes S3; columella papillose. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Monotypic. [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 342-367 m [details]
