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WoRMS name details

Alcockia Eguchi, 1968

Eguchipsammia wellsi, colony

AphiaID

1383421 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1383421)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)

Accepted Name

Eguchipsammia Cairns, 1994

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) wellsi Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968

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Species Alcockia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968) accepted as Eguchipsammia wellsi (Eguchi, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968) Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co. Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [details]

Descriptive notes

Status Also a junior homonym of Alcockia Goode and Beane, 1895 (a fish). Name replaced by Eguchipsammia (Cairns, 1994).

Status Also a junior homonym of Alcockia Goode and Beane, 1895 (a fish). Name replaced by Eguchipsammia (Cairns, 1994). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Alcockia Eguchi, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1383421 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2019-10-19 22:39:34Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-30 21:23:18Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Dendrophyllia (Alcockia) Eguchi, 1968) Eguchi M. (1968). The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. In The hydrocorals and scleractinian corals of Sagami Bay. Maruzen Co. Ltd., Tokyo : 1-53, pls. 1-36, C1-C80, pls. C1-C33, A1-A2, Pl. A. [details]

basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors