Deep-Sea name details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993
286740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286740)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors 
Nomenclature Junior homonym of Caryophyllia elongata (Keferstein, 1859) and of Caryophyllia clavus var. elongata Duncan, 1873
Nomenclature Junior homonym of Caryophyllia elongata (Keferstein, 1859) and of Caryophyllia clavus var. elongata Duncan, 1873 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286740 on 2025-11-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286740 on 2025-11-17
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(of Caryophyllia elongata Cairns & Keller, 1993) Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
