Sphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae, and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime.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
The type species is the extinct Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) †
Species
The genus consists of two subgenera and several species, together with some extinct species:
Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) Wells, 1935 Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) auritus Pourtalès, 1874 Sphenotrochus (Eusthenotrochus) gilchristi Gardiner, 1905 Subgenus Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) andrewianus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) aurantiacus Marenzeller, 1904 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) cairnsi Garberoglio, 2018 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) evexicostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) excavatus Tenison-Woods, 1878 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) gardineri Squires, 1961 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) imbricaticostatus Cairns in Cairns & Keller, 1993 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) lindstroemi Cairns, 2000 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) ralphae Squires, 1964 Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) squiresi Cairns, 1995 Extinct species Sphenotrochus aschistus Squires, 1958 † Sphenotrochus boytonensis Tomes, 1888 † Sphenotrochus brassensis Vaughan, 1926 † Sphenotrochus cestasensis Chevalier, 1961 † Sphenotrochus claibornensis Vaughan, 1900 † Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) † Sphenotrochus cuneolus Vincent, 1872 † Sphenotrochus davisi Thomas, 1942 † Sphenotrochus denhartogi Cairns, 2003 † Sphenotrochus dumasi Filliozat, 1914 † Sphenotrochus faudonensis Barta-Calmas, 1973 † Sphenotrochus fragarioides Wells, 1945 † Sphenotrochus granulatus Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 † Sphenotrochus granulosus (Defrance, 1828) † Sphenotrochus huttonianus Tenison-Woods, 1880 † Sphenotrochus intermedius (Münster, 1826) † Sphenotrochus javanus Gerth, 1933 † Sphenotrochus laculatus Squires, 1962 † Sphenotrochus latus Koenen, 1885 † Sphenotrochus milletianus (Defrance, 1828) † Sphenotrochus mixtus (Michelin, 1844) † Sphenotrochus nanus (Lea, 1833) † Sphenotrochus pharetra Rothpletz & Simonelli, 1890 † Sphenotrochus pulchellus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † Sphenotrochus semigranosus (Michelin, 1844) † Sphenotrochus straini Turnšek, LeMone & Scott, 2003 † Sphenotrochus trinitatis Vaughan, 1926 † Sphenotrochus variolaris Tenison-Woods, 1878 Sphenotrochus wellsi Cairns, 1997 †
References
External links Sphenotrocchus: Images & occurrence data from GBIF