WoRMS taxon details
Thalamophyllia riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
286868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286868)
accepted
Species
Cyathoceras riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination (amended spelling)
Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Desmophyllum simplex Verrill, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Desmophyllum solidum Pourtalès, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] 
Holotype (of Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing &...
Holotype (of Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MSNM, verbatimGeounit Recent: St. Thomas, ... [details]
Depth range 4-914 m
Depth range 4-914 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Thalamophyllia riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286868 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Desmophyllum simplex Verrill, 1870) Verrill, A.E. (1870). Contributions to zoology from the museum of Yale College. No. 7. Descriptions of new corals. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 49: 370-375., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36445896 [details]
original description (of Desmophyllum solidum Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details]
original description (of Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Desmophyllum solidum Pourtalès, 1871) Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details]
original description (of Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source ICZN. (1998). OPINION 1895. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): conserved as the correct original spellings of generic and speciñc names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52 (2): 121-122. [details]
status source Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1997). Case 2940. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation as the correct original spellings of generic and specific names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 54(1): 11-13. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source ICZN. (1998). OPINION 1895. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): conserved as the correct original spellings of generic and speciñc names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52 (2): 121-122. [details]
status source Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1997). Case 2940. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation as the correct original spellings of generic and specific names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 54(1): 11-13. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2262: 1-39. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]
additional source Hubbard, R. H.; Wells, J. W. (1986). Ahermatypic shallow-water scleractinian corals of Trinidad. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 68(211): 121-144
page(s): 136, 138, Figures 27, 28 (USNM 68473) [details]
additional source Viada, S.T. & S.D. Cairns. (1987). Range extensions of ahermatypic Scleractinia in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 9(2): 131-134.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
page(s): 317, 319 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1997). Case 2940. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation as the correct original spellings of generic and specific names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 54(1): 11-13.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 24 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2262: 1-39. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]
additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]
additional source Hubbard, R. H.; Wells, J. W. (1986). Ahermatypic shallow-water scleractinian corals of Trinidad. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 68(211): 121-144
page(s): 136, 138, Figures 27, 28 (USNM 68473) [details]
additional source Viada, S.T. & S.D. Cairns. (1987). Range extensions of ahermatypic Scleractinia in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Northeast Gulf Science.</em> 9(2): 131-134.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
page(s): 317, 319 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M.; Grasshoff, M. (1997). Case 2940. Riisea and riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation as the correct original spellings of generic and specific names based on the surname Riise. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 54(1): 11-13.
page(s): 11, 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 24 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MSNM, verbatimGeounit Recent: St. Thomas, ... [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2390 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2403 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2411 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2428 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2464 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2519 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2547 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2552 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2562 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2702 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2705 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2729 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2746 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2772 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2782 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2804 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2814 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2837 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2872 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2881 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2889 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2901 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2902 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI2944 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI675 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI676 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI677 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI678 [details]
Nontype ICN CNI679 [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype TAMU, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype UMML 0,51111111111, geounit British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10193, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10210A, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 16071, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 16073, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 16076, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 16090, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46486, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46487, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46488, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46489, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46491, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46492, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46493, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46494 [details]
Nontype USNM 46495 [details]
Nontype USNM 46496 [details]
Nontype USNM 7384, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Cayman Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Cayman Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Guyanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM, geounit Surinamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN [details]
Unknown type IRCZM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type IRCZM, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type UMML, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 61797, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 6417, geounit Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 73915, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 77433, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 77655, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 80980, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 89361, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 93183, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 93949 [details]
Unknown type USNM 94743, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 94747, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99220, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99223, geounit Belizean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 99225, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Amended spelling. The original name "rusei" was a misspelling for "riisei" [details]Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 4-914 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | baroque cave coral | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Desmophyllum rusei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Desmophyllum solidum Pourtalès, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalamophyllia riisei)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (286 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Desmophyllum solidum Pourtalès, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thalamophyllia riisei)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (286 records)
To ITIS
