WoRMS taxon details
Pleotrochus Cairns, 1997
267749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267749)
accepted
Genus
Ceratotrochus venustus Alcock, 1902 accepted as Pleotrochus venustus (Alcock, 1902) (type by original designation)
- Species Pleotrochus venustus (Alcock, 1902)
- Species Pleotrochus zibrowii Cairns, 1997
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors 
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Status Type species well described in Cairns (1995: 88) as Cryptotrochus venustus. See also Cairns and Zibrowius (1997: 142).
Depth range 200-1137 m
Status Type species well described in Cairns (1995: 88) as Cryptotrochus venustus. See also Cairns and Zibrowius (1997: 142). [details]
Depth range 200-1137 m
Depth range 200-1137 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pleotrochus Cairns, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267749 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Cairns, S.D. (1997). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Turbinoliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 591: 1-55. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Corallum trochoid, with a GCD up to 13 mm; theca imperforate; costae independent in origin, serrate to granular, numbering twice that of septa; septa arranged in 4 cycles; 6 large P2; columella papillose. [details]Remark This genus and family was monographed by Cairns (1997), which includes a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Two species are included in this genus. [details]
Status Type species well described in Cairns (1995: 88) as Cryptotrochus venustus. See also Cairns and Zibrowius (1997: 142). [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 200-1137 m [details]
