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Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952

Coral Petreo, Stony coral

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Anthozoa

Order
Scleractinia

Family
Turbinoliidae

Genus
Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus)

Species
hancocki

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sphenotrochus hancocki Durham & Barnard, 1952 (Horton, 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (S. hancocki) Found in the eastern Pacific and Galapagos

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Sphenotrochus (Sphenotrochus) hancocki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20529. Accessed 5 November 2026.