Scleractinia name details
Sclerhelia formosa (Alcock, 1898)
1434797 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1434797)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyathohelia formosa Alcock, 1898) Alcock A. (1898). An account of the deep-sea Madreporaria collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship "Investigator". <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> pp. 1-29, pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.27614 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Sclerhelia formosa (Alcock, 1898). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1434797 on 2026-04-30
original description
(of Cyathohelia formosa Alcock, 1898) Alcock A. (1898). An account of the deep-sea Madreporaria collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship "Investigator". <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> pp. 1-29, pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.27614 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Redescription of Sclerhelia hirtella from Saint Helena, South Atlantic, and remarks on Indo-Pacific species erroneously referred to the same genus (Scleractinia). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(5): 563-575., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770481 [details]
new combination reference Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe44-p1 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 208 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Redescription of Sclerhelia hirtella from Saint Helena, South Atlantic, and remarks on Indo-Pacific species erroneously referred to the same genus (Scleractinia). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 8(5): 563-575., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937400770481 [details]
new combination reference Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe44-p1 [details]