WoRMS name details
Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977
850460 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:850460)
unaccepted (synonymy)
Genus
Lithotelesto micropora Bayer & Muzik, 1977 accepted as Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977) (type by monotypy)
- Species Lithotelesto micropora Bayer & Muzik, 1977 accepted as Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850460 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
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Bayer, F.M., Muzik, K.M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 90: 975–984., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/975/Bayer-072-1977-pg-975-984.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details] Available for editors
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Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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]