MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884

ERMS taxon details

Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884

Label for holotype of Blastosmilia pourtalesi Duncan 1878.

AphiaID

135099 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135099)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884

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Species Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135099 on 2026-01-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135099 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-13 23:22:01Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2019-10-12 20:22:42Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2021-05-14 12:45:21Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2024-09-23 06:09:55Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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original description Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [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 RoR) [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 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 Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region. 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors