Scleractinia name details
Diplocoenia Duncan, 1868 †
1290775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1290775)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Genus
Diplocoenia monitor Duncan, 1868 † accepted as Amphiastrea monitor (Duncan, 1868) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Diplocoenia jasenica Frajová, 1960 † accepted as Tegocoenia jasenica (Frajová, 1960) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Diplocoenia monitor Duncan, 1868 † accepted as Amphiastrea monitor (Duncan, 1868) † (basionym, changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1868). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the West-Indian Islands. Part IV. Conclusions. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 24: 9-33, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1868.024.01-02.14 [details]
Nomenclature Junior homonym of Diplocoenia Fromentel, 1857
Status This name was later replaced by Diplothecastraea Duncan, 1884 because it is not the same as Diplocoenia Fromentel,1857.
Nomenclature Junior homonym of Diplocoenia Fromentel, 1857 [details]
Status This name was later replaced by Diplothecastraea Duncan, 1884 because it is not the same as Diplocoenia Fromentel,1857.
Status This name was later replaced by Diplothecastraea Duncan, 1884 because it is not the same as Diplocoenia Fromentel,1857. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Diplocoenia Duncan, 1868 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290775 on 2026-05-10
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original description
Duncan PM. (1868). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the West-Indian Islands. Part IV. Conclusions. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 24: 9-33, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1868.024.01-02.14 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Junior homonym of Diplocoenia Fromentel, 1857 [details]Status This name was later replaced by Diplothecastraea Duncan, 1884 because it is not the same as Diplocoenia Fromentel,1857. [details]
From editor or global species database
