Scleractinia name details

Caryophyllia viola Duncan, 1864 †

512341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512341)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Caryophyllia (Genus)
  10. Caryophyllia viola † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Notocyathus viola (Duncan, 1864) †
Species
Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880
 Nototrochus Duncan, 1884 †
Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1864). A description of some fossil corals and echinoderms from the South-Australian Tertiaries. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 14: 161-168, pls. 5-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936408681682 [details] 
Holotype  NHMUK R29281, verbatimGeounit Middle Miocene...  
Holotype NHMUK R29281, verbatimGeounit Middle Miocene (Balc... [details]
, Note Middle Miocene (Balcombian): Violet Creek...  
Type locality Middle Miocene (Balcombian): Violet Creek (near Muddy Creek), S. Australia [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia viola Duncan, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512341 on 2026-06-26
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2010-09-05 14:32:08Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2018-08-12 08:36:09Z
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2020-06-14 10:53:23Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2020-07-01 11:19:36Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description Duncan PM. (1864). A description of some fossil corals and echinoderms from the South-Australian Tertiaries. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 14: 161-168, pls. 5-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936408681682 [details] 

additional source Duncan PM. (1870). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the Australian Tertiary Deposits. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 26: 284-318, pls. 19-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1870.026.01-02.27 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference 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] 
Holotype NHMUK R29281, verbatimGeounit Middle Miocene (Balc... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Middle Miocene (Balcombian): Violet Creek (near Muddy Creek), S. Australia [details]

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