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WoRMS taxon details

Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849

Label for a syntype of Psammoseris hemisphericus (Gray, 1850)

AphiaID

288863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288863)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

Parent

Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849

Synonymised names

Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Psammoseris hemisphaerica (Gray, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Psammoseris hemispherica (Gray, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)

Psammoseris hemisphericus (Gray, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)

Spongiocyathus typicus Folkeson, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1849). Description of some corals, including a new British coral discovered by W. Mac-Andrew, Esq. Proceedings Zoological Society of London. 17: 74-77. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288863 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-08-11 09:20:33Z

changed

db_admin

2010-08-20 12:17:25Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2014-06-25 15:14:10Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-18 10:37:41Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1849). Description of some corals, including a new British coral discovered by W. Mac-Andrew, Esq. Proceedings Zoological Society of London. 17: 74-77. [details]

original description (of Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849) Gray, J.E. (1849). Description of some corals, including a new British coral discovered by W. Mac-Andrew, Esq. Proceedings Zoological Society of London. 17: 74-77. [details]

original description (of Spongiocyathus typicus Folkeson, 1919) Folkeson, F. 1919. Madreporaria. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913. XXII. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (4 Ser.)59: 1-23, pl. l. [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]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hoeksema BW, Best MB (1991) New observations on scleractinian corals from Indonesia: 2. Sipunculan-associated species belonging to the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 65: 221-245. [details]