WoRMS taxon details
Galaxea Oken, 1815
AphiaID: 205332
AphiaID: 205332
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Oculinidae Gray, 1847 | |||||||||||||
| 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 Galaxea acrhelia Veron, 2002 Species Galaxea alta Nemenzo, 1980 Species Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) Species Galaxea cryptoramosa Fenner & Veron, 2002 Species Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) Species Galaxea horrescens (Dana, 1846) Species Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2002 Species Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt, 1990 Species Galaxea clavus Dana, 1846 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) Species Galaxea eburnea Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Species Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a blistery coenosteum. Columellae are weak or absent. Septa are very exsert. Polyps are sometimes extended during the day (Veron, 1986). [details] Remark: Type species: Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205332 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Galaxea Oken, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205332 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||
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