Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Vacatina > Family Caryophylliidae > Genus Desmophyllum

Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmophyllum*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name
*Lophelia*	Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849	synonym

Species group names

*Lophelia pertusa*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham. pp. 73-107.
additional source	Addamo AM, Reimer JD, Taviani M, Freiwald A, Machordom A. (2012). Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) in the Scleractinian Phylogeny and Its Intraspecific Diversity. PLoS ONE. 7(11): e50215.
additional source	Wilborn, R.E., Goddard, P., Wilborn, M.M. II , Best, M., Rooper, C.N. (2021). Field Guide to Corals of British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, USA, and the eastern North Pacific Ocean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia and Hexacorallia) (Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata). A complete compilation of coral identifications for the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3433: xi + 123 p.
additional source	Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107565.
new combination reference	Addamo AM, Vertino A, Stolarski J, García-Jiménez R, Taviani M, Machordom A. (2016). Merging scleractinian genera: the overwhelming genetic similarity between solitary Desmophyllum and colonial Lophelia. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 108.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Desmophyllum pertusum (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1245747