Scleractinia taxon details

Desmophyllum defrancei (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) †

1513665  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1513665)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Desmophyllum (Genus)
  10. Desmophyllum defrancei † (Species)
accepted
Species
Lophohelia defrancei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora defrancei (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Lophohelia defrancei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 †) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Desmophyllum defrancei (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1513665 on 2026-05-15
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Hoeksema, Bert
2025-04-10 07:14:37Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description (of Lophohelia defrancei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 †) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 
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