WoRMS taxon details
Herpetoglossa Wells, 1966
AphiaID: 204991
AphiaID: 204991
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Ctenactis Verrill, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Wells, J.W. 1966. Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London 16: 223–246, pl. 1. Academic Press, London. [details] basis of record: Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Herpetoglossa simplex (Gardiner, 1905) accepted as Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846) | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: This genus was created by Wells in 1966. It appears, however, to be more closely related to Fungia echinata than the latter is to other Fungia species. The features used to distinguish it from other members of the genus Fungia do not appear to be exclusive to it (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204991 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Herpetoglossa Wells, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204991 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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