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

Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cladocora*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: thin tube coral sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Feine Röhrchenkoralle

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie. 11: 233–312.
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
additional source	Reyes, J., N. Santodomingo & S.D. Cairns. (2009). Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa. 2262: 1-39.
additional source	Baron-Szabo, R. C. (2005). Geographic and stratigraphic distributions of the Caribbean species of Cladocora (Scleractinia, Faviidae). Facies. 51(1-4): 185-196.
additional source	Hubbard, R. H.; Wells, J. W. (1986). Ahermatypic shallow-water scleractinian corals of Trinidad. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 68(211): 121-144
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	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.
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additional source	Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. Gulf Research Reports. 6 (1): 9-15.
additional source	Moseley, H. N. (1881). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 2, Zoology, 3, (1): 127-208, 238-248
additional source	Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series. 32 (2): 41-56.
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additional source	Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
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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.
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	Vaughan TW. (1902). The stony corals of the Porto Rican waters. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commision for 1900. 20: 289-320, pls. 1-38.
additional source	Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16.
additional source	Brito A, Ocaña O. (2004). Corals of the Canary Islands. Skeleton anthozoans of the littoral and deep bottoms. Francisco Lemus, La Laguna. 1-477 pp.
additional source	Kružić P, Radić I, Požar-Domac A. (2008). First record of Cladocora debilis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) in the Adriatic Sea. Marine Biodiversity Records. 1: e2.
additional source	Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles. 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5.
additional source	Durham JW, Barnard JL (1952) Stony corals of the Eastern Pacific collected by the Velero III and Velero IV. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 16: 1-110, pls. 1-16.
additional source	Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
additional source	Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises. 3(4): 1-27.
additional source	Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science. 81 (3): 497-518.
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	Pourtalès L.F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8.
additional source	Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
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.
redescription	Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117.
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.

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Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cladocora debilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. 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:135147