WoRMS taxon details
Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825
AphiaID: 205695
AphiaID: 205695
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Fungia limacina Lamarck, 1801 (type by subsequent designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Haliglossa Ehrenberg, 1834 (junior synonym) Herpetolitha Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (junior synonym, changed spelling) Herpetolithas Leuckart, 1841 (junior synonym, changed spelling) Herpetolithus Leuckart, 1841 (junior synonym, changed spelling) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Eschscholtz J. F. (1825). Berichte über die zoologische Ausbeute wahrend der Reise von Kronstadt bis St'Peter und Paul. Isis (1825): 734-747 pl. 5 [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] additional source: Gittenberger, A., Reijnen, B.T. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contributions to Zoology 80: 107-132. , available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=8002a02 [details] from synonym: Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834, Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besunders des Rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1832: 225-380. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 15: 73-144. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797) Species Herpolitha simplex Gardiner, 1905 accepted as Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846) Species Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colonies are free-living, elongate, with an axial furrow that may extend to the corallum ends. Several centres, corresponding with mouths, are arranged along the furrow and secondary centres are distributed over the rest of the upper surface. Septa are similar in structure to those of Fungia (Pleuractis). Polyps are extended only at night. Tentacles are short and widely spaced, like Fungia. Secondary centres have single tentacles. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Remark: Type species: Madrepora limax Houttuyn, 1772 (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205695 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205695 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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