WoRMS taxon detailsPhysophyllia ayleni (Wells, 1935)
 288353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288353)
accepted
Species
Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1935 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Physophyllia wellsi Nemenzo, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine,
(of Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1935) Wells JW (1935) The genotype of Physophyllia and living species of Astrocoenia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10th Series 15: 339-344, pls. 13-15. [details]
Holotype NHMUK 62.7.16.46
Holotype NHMUK 62.7.16.46 [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Japan (Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Physophyllia ayleni (Wells, 1935). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288353 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1935) Wells JW (1935) The genotype of Physophyllia and living species of Astrocoenia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10th Series 15: 339-344, pls. 13-15. [details] original description (of Physophyllia wellsi Nemenzo, 1971) Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209. [details] basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59. page(s): 4, 53, Pl. XXIX, Pl. XXXVI [details] additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details] additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33. page(s): 25, 33 [details] additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details] additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> page(s): 592 [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. page(s): 36 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 62.7.16.46 [details]
Nontype IGPS 38548, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40354, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40356, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40366, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 40368, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 41027, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 41040, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 41987, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 53296, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 57474, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Physophyllia wellsi Nemenzo, 1971) MSI U.P.C.-1119 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Type locality Japan (Recent [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1935) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physophyllia ayleni) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1935) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) To ITIS |
