Marine Species Traits - Trochocyathus porphyreus (Alcock, 1893)

Scleractinia name details

Trochocyathus porphyreus (Alcock, 1893)

AphiaID

1543600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1543600)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) porphyreus (Alcock, 1893)

Rank

Species

Parent

Trochocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Paracyathus porphyreus Alcock, 1893

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Paracyathus porphyreus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. 1893. On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History) 62: 138-149, pl. 5. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Trochocyathus porphyreus (Alcock, 1893). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1543600 on 2024-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-27 08:26:49Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-12-31 09:56:23Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (3)
Attributes (8)

original description (of Paracyathus porphyreus Alcock, 1893) Alcock, A. 1893. On some newly-recorded corals from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Natural History) 62: 138-149, pl. 5. [details]

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

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
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