URMO taxon details
Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850
267418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267418)
accepted
Genus
Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale, 1850 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale, 1850 †
- Species Epiphaxum breve Bayer, 1992
- Species Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977)
- Species Epiphaxum septifer Bayer, 1992
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lonsdale W. (1850). Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Corals of the Chalk. <em>In: Dixon F. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex.</em> Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, pp. 237-324., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=ObU19mtxJsIC&ots=6WPON0nh5I&dq=Lonsdale%2C%20W.%091850%09The%20Geology%20and%20Fossils%20of%20the%20Tertiary%20and%20Cretaceous%20Formations%20of%20Sussex.&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267418 on 2025-04-16
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267418 on 2025-04-16
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Lonsdale W. (1850). Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Corals of the Chalk. <em>In: Dixon F. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex.</em> Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, pp. 237-324., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=ObU19mtxJsIC&ots=6WPON0nh5I&dq=Lonsdale%2C%20W.%091850%09The%20Geology%20and%20Fossils%20of%20the%20Tertiary%20and%20Cretaceous%20Formations%20of%20Sussex.&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lozouet P, Molodtsova T. (2008). Filling a gap: The first occurrences of Epiphaxum (Cnidaria: Helioporacea: Lithotelestidae) in the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51 (1): 241-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00744.x [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65.
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lozouet P, Molodtsova T. (2008). Filling a gap: The first occurrences of Epiphaxum (Cnidaria: Helioporacea: Lithotelestidae) in the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51 (1): 241-250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00744.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
