Scleractinia name details
Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872
766130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766130)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus philippensis Semper, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766130 on 2026-06-14
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Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Semper, C. (1881). Animal life as affected by the natural conditions of existence. <em>New York, D. Appleton and Co.</em> 1-498. [details]
additional source Alcock, A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History).</em> 62: 138-149.
page(s): 141 [details]
source of synonymy Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Semper, C. (1881). Animal life as affected by the natural conditions of existence. <em>New York, D. Appleton and Co.</em> 1-498. [details]
additional source Alcock, A. (1893). On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History).</em> 62: 138-149.
page(s): 141 [details]
source of synonymy Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]