MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Placotrochides Alcock, 1902

Deep-Sea taxon details

Placotrochides Alcock, 1902

Placotrochides scaphula , Holotype, lateral view (anthocyathus)

AphiaID

135117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135117)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Flabellidae Bourne, 1905

Orig. name

Placotrochides Alcock, 1902

Direct children (6)

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Species Placotrochides cylindrica Cairns, 2004
Species Placotrochides frustum Cairns, 1979
Species Placotrochides minuta Cairns, 2004
Species Placotrochides scaphula Alcock, 1902
Species Placotrochides frusta Cairns, 1979 accepted as Placotrochides frustum Cairns, 1979 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Placotrochides frustra Cairns, 1979 accepted as Placotrochides frustum Cairns, 1979 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Alcock A. (1902). Further diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2). 7: 116-123. [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 119-1628 m

Depth range 119-1628 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Placotrochides Alcock, 1902. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135117 on 2024-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Placotrochides Alcock, 1902. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135117 on 2024-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-16 22:52:29Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2018-07-16 16:40:21Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-12 20:22:42Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2021-12-22 10:41:11Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Alcock A. (1902). Further diagnoses and descriptions of new species of corals from the "Siboga-Expedition". Tijdschrift der Nederlandse Dierkundige Vereeniging (Ser. 2). 7: 116-123. [details]

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. Micronesica. 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2016). A key to the genera and species of the transversely-dividing Flabellidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Flabellidae), with a guide to the literature, and the description of two new species. ZooKeys. 562: 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.562.7310 [details] Available for editors

additional source Alcock AW. (1902). Report on the deep-sea Madreporaria of the Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie. 16a: 1-52, pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11383 [details]

additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology). 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir. 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors