WoRMS taxon details
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
135146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135146)
accepted
Species
Caryophyllia caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cladocora astraearia Sars, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cladocora cespitosa var. astraearia Sars, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa var. stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora cespitosa var. typica Pax & Müller, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cladocora stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hoplangia pallaryi Joubin, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Matrepora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Forma Cladocora caespitosa f. incrostante Rossi, 1957 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Cladocora caespitosa var. mulleri Abel, 1959 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135146 on 2024-11-20
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original description
(of Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Cladocora astraearia Sars, 1857) Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062 [details]
original description (of Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Cladocora stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]
original description (of Hoplangia pallaryi Joubin, 1930) Joubin ML. (1930). Note sur un coralliaire nouveau, Hoplangia pallaryi, de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Série 2.</em> 2(4): 412-417. [details]
original description (of Cladocora cespitosa var. typica Pax & Müller, 1954) Pax, F.; Mueller, I. (1954). Die Korallentiere der Adria. Die Aquarien-und Terrarien-Zeitschrift, 7, 10-13
page(s): 230 [27] [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
page(s): 128 fig. 61 C,D, 130, 131fig. 62 B, C, 132, 134 fig. 63 H, I [details]
additional source Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [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): 21 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Sartoretto S, Harmelin J-G, Bachet F, Bejaoui N, Lebrun O, Zibrowius H. (2008). The alien coral <i>Oculina patagonica</i> De Angelis (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Algeria and Tunisia. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 3 (2): 173-180., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2008/AI_2008_3_2_Sartoretto_etal.pdf
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source Seguenza, G. (1863-1864). Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai corallarii fossili delle rocce Terziarie del distretto di Messina. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II.</em> 21: 399-458, ples 1-5 [1863], 459-560, pls. 6-15 [1864]., available online at http://archive.org/details/mobot32044093290419 [details]
additional source Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Jourdan, E. (1880). Recherches zoologiques et histologiques sur les Zoanthaires du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 10(1): 1-154.
page(s): 20, 46, 118 [details]
additional source Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. <em>Natura Croatica.</em> 11: 265-292. [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 88-89 [details]
additional source Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
page(s): 213, 215 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
page(s): 375, 376-377, 379, 380, 382, 383 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 99-100, 106, 107 [details]
additional source Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (1997). Scleractinian corals from Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean, including a non-lessepsian invading species (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Scientia Marina, 61(2): 227-231
page(s): 227, 229 [details]
additional source Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Richard, C.; Allemand, D.; Bianchi, C. N.; Morri, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2006). Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures. Marine Biology, 150, 45-55
page(s): 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 45, 46, 63, 89, 111, Abb. 10-12 [details]
additional source Kersting, D.; Cefalì, M.; Movilla, J.; Vergotti, M.; Linares, C. (2023). The endangered coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Menorca Biosphere Reserve: Distribution, demographic traits and threats. <em>Ocean & Coastal Management.</em> 240: 106626., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106626 [details]
additional source Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]
redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cladocora astraearia Sars, 1857) Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54084062 [details]
original description (of Cladocora caespitosa var. megastoma Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Cladocora caespitosa var. microstoma Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Cladocora stellaria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]
original description (of Hoplangia pallaryi Joubin, 1930) Joubin ML. (1930). Note sur un coralliaire nouveau, Hoplangia pallaryi, de la Méditerranée. <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Série 2.</em> 2(4): 412-417. [details]
original description (of Cladocora cespitosa var. typica Pax & Müller, 1954) Pax, F.; Mueller, I. (1954). Die Korallentiere der Adria. Die Aquarien-und Terrarien-Zeitschrift, 7, 10-13
page(s): 230 [27] [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
page(s): 128 fig. 61 C,D, 130, 131fig. 62 B, C, 132, 134 fig. 63 H, I [details]
additional source Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [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): 21 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Sartoretto S, Harmelin J-G, Bachet F, Bejaoui N, Lebrun O, Zibrowius H. (2008). The alien coral <i>Oculina patagonica</i> De Angelis (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Algeria and Tunisia. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 3 (2): 173-180., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2008/AI_2008_3_2_Sartoretto_etal.pdf
page(s): 177 [details]
additional source Seguenza, G. (1863-1864). Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai corallarii fossili delle rocce Terziarie del distretto di Messina. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II.</em> 21: 399-458, ples 1-5 [1863], 459-560, pls. 6-15 [1864]., available online at http://archive.org/details/mobot32044093290419 [details]
additional source Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9. [details]
additional source Jourdan, E. (1880). Recherches zoologiques et histologiques sur les Zoanthaires du golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie.</em> 10(1): 1-154.
page(s): 20, 46, 118 [details]
additional source Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. <em>Natura Croatica.</em> 11: 265-292. [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 88-89 [details]
additional source Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
page(s): 213, 215 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
page(s): 375, 376-377, 379, 380, 382, 383 [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 99-100, 106, 107 [details]
additional source Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (1997). Scleractinian corals from Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean, including a non-lessepsian invading species (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Scientia Marina, 61(2): 227-231
page(s): 227, 229 [details]
additional source Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Richard, C.; Allemand, D.; Bianchi, C. N.; Morri, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2006). Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures. Marine Biology, 150, 45-55
page(s): 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 45, 46, 63, 89, 111, Abb. 10-12 [details]
additional source Kersting, D.; Cefalì, M.; Movilla, J.; Vergotti, M.; Linares, C. (2023). The endangered coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Menorca Biosphere Reserve: Distribution, demographic traits and threats. <em>Ocean & Coastal Management.</em> 240: 106626., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106626 [details]
additional source Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NMSR 9030, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9031, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9032, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9033, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9034, geounit Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | madrèpora mediterrània | [details] |
| English | pillow corallawn coralcladocoraCaespitose tube coral | [details] |
| French | cladocore | [details] |
| German | Rasige RöhrchenkoralleRasenkoralle | [details] |
| Italian | madrepora pagnottamadrepora a cuscinocespuglio di mare | [details] |
| Russian | древовидный коралл | [details] |
| Slovenian | kamena korala | [details] |
| Spanish | madrépora mediterránea | [details] |
| Turkish | mercan | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cladocora caespitosa)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE 48316 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE 48332 fragments)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (358 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cladocora caespitosa)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE 48316 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ COE 48332 fragments)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (358 records)
To ITIS
