African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816)

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Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816)

holotype of Astrea heliopora Lamarck

AphiaID

207417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207417)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diploastrea Matthai, 1914

Orig. name

Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816

Synonymised names

Acanthastrea patula (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Acanthastrea patula var. paucidentata Gregory, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astraea (Fissicella) heliopora Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Astraea (Orbicella) glaucopis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astraea (Orbicella) glaucopsis Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)

Astraea (Orbicella) patula Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astraea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)

Astrea glaucopis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Astrea patula (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diploastraea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Diploastrea glaucopsis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diploastrea heliopora var. borneensis Gerth, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diploastrea heliopora var. fragilis Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diploastrea patula (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heliastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Montastraea curta var. heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Orbicella glaucopsis (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)

Orbicella heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Orbicella minikoensis Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)

Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Orbicella patula (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Diploastrea heliopora var. fragilis Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris. Verdière. Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816) MNHN...

Holotype (of Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816) MNHN scle20, verbatimGeounit Habite les mers Aust... [details]

, Note "Indian Ocean" (Veron, 1986).

From other sources

Type locality "Indian Ocean" (Veron, 1986). [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Colonies are distinctive, massive, and often exceed 1 metre across. Corallites are round and closely packed, plocoid, and...

Description Colonies are distinctive, massive, and often exceed 1 metre across. Corallites are round and closely packed, plocoid, and formed by extratentacular budding. They are 8 to 10 mm diameter. The most characteristic feature of Diploastrea heliopora is its corallite wall structure. Walls are not solid but are delineated or formed by the thickened outer ends of the septa, which are not attached to each other laterally. This feature can even be detected beneath the tissue of the live corals. Shallow and mid-depths are preferred, almost always in sheltered water. The largest colonies are usually seen in silty environments, so it is commonly found on protected fringing reefs and back reef slopes, often beside sandy patches. Although it may grow to great size and colonies are by no means rare, vast expanses dominated by this species, as may occur in Indian Ocean atoll lagoons, have not been seen in areas such as the Red Sea. The coral is always a uniform brown. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Colonies are dome-shaped with a very even surface and may be up to 2 m high and 7 m in diameter. The skeleton is very dense. Corallites are plocoid. Columellae are large. Septa are equal and are thick at the wall and thin where they join the columellae. Polyps are extended only at night. Colour: usually uniform cream or grey, sometimes greenish. Abundance: occurs in both exposed and protected reef habitats but is usually uncommon except on some back reef margins. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
May form large, massive domed colonies up to 5 m across or more. Corallites closely packed and domed, 10-20 mm across, with clearly visible columellae and distinct septal walls. Colour: uniform pale green to grey or cream. Habitat: diverse. (Richmond, 1997) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207417 on 2024-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

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1997-01-31 16:37:49Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-18 15:57:33Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2013-02-06 17:41:18Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-15 06:23:49Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-04 11:51:25Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris. Verdière. Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]

original description (of Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge. 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]

original description (of Astraea (Orbicella) patula Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Diploastrea heliopora var. borneensis Gerth, 1923 †) Gerth H. (1923). Die Anthozoënfauna des Jungtertiars von Borneo. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, Serie 1. Beiträge zur Geologie Ost-Asiens und Australiens. 10 (1): 37-136, pls. 1-9. [details]

original description (of Acanthastrea patula var. paucidentata Gregory, 1900) Gregory JW. (1900). The fossil corals of Christmas Christmas Island. In: Andrews CW (ed.) A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). 206-225, pl. 19. [details]

original description (of Diploastrea heliopora var. fragilis Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]

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