WoRMS taxon details
Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
AphiaID: 205663
AphiaID: 205663
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Merulinidae Verrill, 1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977) Species Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816) Species Oulophyllia spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colonies are massive, monocentric to meandroid, composed of large valleys with widely spaced, ragged septa and acute thin walls. Paliform lobes are usually present (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Remark: Type species: Maeandrina crispa Lamarck, 1816 (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205663 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205663 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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