WoRMS taxon details
Plerogyra Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
AphiaID: 204353
AphiaID: 204353
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Plerogyra cauliformis Ditlev, 2003 Species Plerogyra diabolotus Ditlev, 2003 Species Plerogyra discus Veron & Fenner, 2002 Species Plerogyra eyrysepta Nemenzo, 1960 Species Plerogyra multilobata Ditlev, 2003 Species Plerogyra simplex Rehberg, 1892 Species Plerogyra sinuosa (Dana, 1846) Species Plerogyra turbida (Hodgson & Ross, 1981) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: "Grape corals". Colonies look like bunches of large grey grapes under water (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Remark: Type species: Plerogyra laxa Edwards & Haime, 1848 from Singapore (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204353 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Plerogyra Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204353 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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