Sphenotrochus

Sphenotrochus
Sphenotrochus (Spenotrochus) hancocki
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Turbinoliidae
Genus:	Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Sphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae, ^{[1] [2]} and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime. ^{[3] [4]}

The type species is the extinct Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) † ^[3]

Species

The genus consists of two subgenera and several species, together with some extinct species: ^[3]

• Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) Wells, 1935
  1. Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) auritus Pourtalès, 1874
  2. Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905
• Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  1. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  2. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904
  3. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018
  4. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) evexicostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993
  5. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878
  6. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) gardineri Squires, 1961
  7. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952
  8. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) imbricaticostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993
  9. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) lindstroemi Cairns, 2000
  10. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964
  11. Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) squiresi Cairns, 1995
• Extinct species
  1. Sphenotrochus aschistus Squires, 1958 †
  2. Sphenotrochus boytonensis Tomes, 1888 †
  3. Sphenotrochus brassensis Vaughan, 1926 †
  4. Sphenotrochus cestasensis Chevalier, 1961 †
  5. Sphenotrochus claibornensis Vaughan, 1900 †
  6. Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) †
  7. Sphenotrochus cuneolus Vincent, 1872 †
  8. Sphenotrochus davisi Thomas, 1942 †
  9. Sphenotrochus denhartogi Cairns, 2003 †
  10. Sphenotrochus dumasi Filliozat, 1914 †
  11. Sphenotrochus faudonensis Barta-Calmas, 1973 †
  12. Sphenotrochus fragarioides Wells, 1945 †
  13. Sphenotrochus granulatus Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 †
  14. Sphenotrochus granulosus (Defrance, 1828) †
  15. Sphenotrochus huttonianus Tenison-Woods, 1880 †
  16. Sphenotrochus intermedius (Münster, 1826) †
  17. Sphenotrochus javanus Gerth, 1933 †
  18. Sphenotrochus laculatus Squires, 1962 †
  19. Sphenotrochus latus Koenen, 1885 †
  20. Sphenotrochus milletianus (Defrance, 1828) †
  21. Sphenotrochus mixtus (Michelin, 1844) †
  22. Sphenotrochus nanus (Lea, 1833) †
  23. Sphenotrochus pharetra Rothpletz & Simonelli, 1890 †
  24. Sphenotrochus pulchellus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  25. Sphenotrochus semigranosus (Michelin, 1844) †
  26. Sphenotrochus straini Turnšek, LeMone & Scott, 2003 †
  27. Sphenotrochus trinitatis Vaughan, 1926 †
  28. Sphenotrochus variolaris Tenison-Woods, 1878
  29. Sphenotrochus wellsi Cairns, 1997 †

References

1. "Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
2. "Genus Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
4. Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10

External links

• Sphenotrocchus: Images & occurrence data from GBIF