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

Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ceratocyathus Seguenza, 1861

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anomocora*	Studer, 1878	accepted genus name
*Coelosmilia*	Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850	synonym

Species group names

*Asterosmilia prolifera*	(Pourtalès, 1871)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
additional source	Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity. 43(1): 7-22.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 333–347.
additional source	Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia. pp 1-246.
additional source	Reyes, J. O.; Santodomingo, N.; Garcia, A.; Borrero-Pérez, G.; Navas, G. R.; Navas, G.; Mejía-Ladino, L. M.; Bermúdez, A. (2005). Southern Caribbean azooanthellate coral communities off Colombia. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 309-330
additional source	Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa. 2262: 1-39.
additional source	Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
new combination reference	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.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Anomocora prolifera (Pourtalès, 1871). 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:286719