Scleractinia taxon details

Desmophyllum quinarium Tenison-Woods, 1879

493870  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493870)

  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 quinarium (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On a new species of Desmophyllum (D. quinarium) and a young stage of Cycloseris sinensis. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 17-20, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456417 [details] 
Holotype  MMUS, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone  
Holotype MMUS, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 37 m  
Depth range 37 m [details]

Taxonomy Probably in genus Thalamophyllia fide S. Cairns, 2013  
Taxonomy Probably in genus Thalamophyllia fide S. Cairns, 2013 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Desmophyllum quinarium Tenison-Woods, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493870 on 2026-04-30
Date
action
by
2010-08-09 23:59:51Z
created
Cairns, Stephen
2010-08-26 16:26:01Z
changed
Cairns, Stephen
2018-08-10 08:57:37Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-20 08:45:58Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

original description Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On a new species of Desmophyllum (D. quinarium) and a young stage of Cycloseris sinensis. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 17-20, pl. 1., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456417 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MMUS, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 37 m [details]

Taxonomy Probably in genus Thalamophyllia fide S. Cairns, 2013 [details]
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