Scleractinia name details
Tichoseris Quelch, 1884
759907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759907)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Tichoseris obtusata Quelch, 1884 accepted as Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (type by monotypy)
- Species Tichoseris delicatula Felix, 1913 †
- Species Tichoseris angulosa Ortmann, 1889 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Tichoseris clavus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Pavona clavus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tichoseris columna (Dana, 1846) accepted as Psammocora columna Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Tichoseris obtusata Quelch, 1884 accepted as Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tichoseris wahaiensis Umbgrove, 1924 † accepted as Pavona wahaiensis (Umbgrove, 1924) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938409459237 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Tichoseris Quelch, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759907 on 2026-07-24
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Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938409459237 [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [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]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [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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