Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Refertina > Family Flabellidae > Genus Flabellum > Subgenus Flabellum (Ulocyathus)

Flabellum (Ulocyathus) angulare Moseley, 1876

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Flabellum*	Lesson, 1831	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Flabellum angulare*	Moseley, 1876	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: contorted stony coral sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: scléractiniaire angulaire

Literature

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	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	Cairns, S.D. (1981). Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Scleractinia. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular. 438:1-12.
additional source	Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellum (Ulocyathus) angulare Moseley, 1876. 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:135195