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Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

AphiaID

509478 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509478)

Classification

Status

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Parent

Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

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Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 (accepted > nomen novum)
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) evexicostatus Cairns & Keller, 1993
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) gardineri Squires, 1961
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) imbricaticostatus Cairns & Keller, 1993
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) lindstroemi Cairns, 2000
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) squiresi Cairns, 1995
Species Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cuneolus Cairns, 2004 accepted as Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 (unaccepted > junior homonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509478 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-08-23 23:10:38Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2020-01-25 08:08:53Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-30 18:49:39Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 486: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.486 [details] Available for editors

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

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