Scleractinia name details

Scolangia Tenison-Woods, 1880 †

1445403  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1445403)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Scolangia † (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Species Scolangia parisepta Tenison-Wood, 1880 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Species Scolangia parvisepta Tenison-Woods, 1880 † accepted as Desmophyllum parvisepta (Tenison-Woods, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). Corals and Bryozoa of the Neozoic period in New Zealand. <em>Palaeontology of New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> 4: i-xvi, 1-34, 3 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13974 [details] 
Status A junior synonym of Lophelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849  
Status A junior synonym of Lophelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Scolangia Tenison-Woods, 1880 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1445403 on 2026-05-17
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2020-07-01 11:19:36Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2021-06-03 10:49:59Z
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original description Tenison Woods, J. E. (1880). Corals and Bryozoa of the Neozoic period in New Zealand. <em>Palaeontology of New Zealand. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> 4: i-xvi, 1-34, 3 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13974 [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] 
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Status A junior synonym of Lophelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849 [details]

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