Scleractinia taxon details
Bothrophoria Felix, 1909 †
1438183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438183)
accepted
Genus
Bothrophoria ornata Felix, 1909 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Felix J. (1909). Über die fossilen Korallen der Snow Hill-Insel und der Seymour-Insel. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 3: 1-15. [details]
Status Type species well described by Filkorn (1994:42)
Status Type species well described by Filkorn (1994:42) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bothrophoria Felix, 1909 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438183 on 2026-05-10
original description
Felix J. (1909). Über die fossilen Korallen der Snow Hill-Insel und der Seymour-Insel. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 3: 1-15. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jell, J.S.; Cook, A.G.; Jell, P.A. (2011). Australian Cretaceous Cnidaria and Porifera. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 35(2), 241-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2011.532322 [details]
additional source Filkorn HF. (1994). Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 65: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar065 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.591 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jell, J.S.; Cook, A.G.; Jell, P.A. (2011). Australian Cretaceous Cnidaria and Porifera. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 35(2), 241-284., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2011.532322 [details]
additional source Filkorn HF. (1994). Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 65: 1-96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar065 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison Similar to Palocyathus (see that account). [details]Diagnosis Corallum turbinate, with a rounded base and elliptical in cross section; GCD up to 11 mm; theca imperforate but externally pitted; costae serrate, originating by trifurcation; septa hexamerally arranged in 4 or more cycles up to 58 septa; pali present before all but last septal cycle; columella papillose to spongy. [details]
Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology; see also Filkorn (1994). The genus is monotypic, the sole species known from very few specimens. [details]
Status Type species well described by Filkorn (1994:42) [details]
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