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Elliptoseris aperta Duncan, 1880

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Elliptoseris aperta Duncan, 1880
Name authority
Duncan, 1880
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Agariciidae
Genus
Elliptoseris
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classAnthozoa
  5. subclassHexacorallia
  6. orderScleractinia Bourne, 1900
  7. suborderRefertina Okubo, 2016
  8. familyAgariciidae Gray, 1847
  9. genusElliptoseris Duncan, 1880
  10. speciesElliptoseris aperta Duncan, 1880

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 4 records assigned to Agariciidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Duncan PM. (1880). A monograph of the fossil corals and Alcyonaria of Sind. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 14, 1: 1–110, pls. 1–28. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:39BPB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.