WoRMS name details
Dendrophyllia gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
494348 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494348)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dendrophyllia gracilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494348 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
[request]Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 578, 579 [details]
additional source Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21.
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/270634
page(s): 102 [68] [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 41, 220 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Lam K, Morton B, Hodgson P. (2008). Ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae, Oculinidae and Rhizangiidae) recorded from submarine caves in Hong Kong. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 42(9-12), 729-747. [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, 5(2): 17-32
page(s): 29, 50 [details]
additional source Harrison, R. M.; Poole, M. (1909). Marine fauna from the Mergui Archipelago, Lower Burma, collected by Jas J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc, and R. N. Rudmose-Brown, B.Sc., University of Aberdeen: Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 61, 897-912
page(s): 910 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 578, 579 [details]
additional source Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21.
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Verrill AE. (1869). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. <em>Communications of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 6 (1): 51-104, pls. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/270634
page(s): 102 [68] [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 41, 220 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 213 [details]
additional source Lam K, Morton B, Hodgson P. (2008). Ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae, Oculinidae and Rhizangiidae) recorded from submarine caves in Hong Kong. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 42(9-12), 729-747. [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1866). Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. Part III. Madreporaria. Communications of the Essex Institute, 5(2): 17-32
page(s): 29, 50 [details]
additional source Harrison, R. M.; Poole, M. (1909). Marine fauna from the Mergui Archipelago, Lower Burma, collected by Jas J. Simpson, M.A., B.Sc, and R. N. Rudmose-Brown, B.Sc., University of Aberdeen: Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 61, 897-912
page(s): 910 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype IRCZM, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IRCZM, geounit Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46971 [details]
Nontype USNM 46972, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47223, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47224, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47225, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47226, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47227, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47228, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47229, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 47230, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 78531, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 78532, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 78533 [details]
Nontype USNM 78535 [details]
Nontype USNM 78537, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 78644, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
