Scleractinia name details
Ceratotrochus diadema Moseley, 1876
508891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508891)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ceratotrochus diadema Moseley, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508891 on 2026-07-11
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Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1875.0068 [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]
additional source Moseley, H.N. 1877. Of the colouring matters of various animals, and especially of deep-sea forms dredged by H.M.S. Challenger.-- Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new ser., 17: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.167747
page(s): 3 [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]
additional source Moseley, H.N. 1877. Of the colouring matters of various animals, and especially of deep-sea forms dredged by H.M.S. Challenger.-- Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new ser., 17: 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.167747
page(s): 3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype NHMUK 1880.11.25.55, verbatimGeounit Recent: off Recife, ... [details]
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Type locality Recent: off Recife, Brazil, 1234 m [details]