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WoRMS taxon details
Millepora Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 205902
| Status | | accepted |
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Milleporidae Fleming, 1828
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| Parent | | Milleporidae Fleming, 1828 |
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original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details]
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fire corals |
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[show all] | | Species Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Millepora boschmai de Weerdt & Glynn, 1991
Species Millepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868
Species Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816
Species Millepora dichotoma (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Millepora exaesa (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Millepora foveolata Crossland, 1952
Species Millepora intricata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
Species Millepora laboreli Amaral, 2008
Species Millepora latifolia Boschma, 1948
Species Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
Species Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816
Species Millepora tenera Boschma, 1948
Species Millepora coriacea Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (nomen dubium, synonym)
Species Millepora agariciformis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928
Species Millepora alga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928
Species Millepora aspera Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Millepora byssoides (Lamarck) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Titanoderma byssoides (Lamarck) Y.M.Chamberlain & Woelkerling, 1988 accepted as Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900
Species Millepora calcarea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin, 1970
Species Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1948
Species Millepora decussata J.Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Lithophyllum decussatum (J.Ellis & Solander) Philippi, 1837
Species Millepora fasciculata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1898
Species Millepora lichenoides (J.Ellis) J.Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928
Species Millepora mamillosa d'Archiadi, 1867 † accepted as Axopora solanderi (Defrance, 1826) †
Species Millepora miniacea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Miniacina miniacea (Pallas, 1766)
Species Millepora murrayi Quelch, 1884 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
Species Millepora murrayi Hickson, 1898 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
Species Millepora nitida Verrill, 1868 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768 accepted as Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768)
Species Millepora polymorpha Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin, 1970
Species Millepora racemus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901
Species Millepora rubra Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Homotrema rubra (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Millepora striata Duchassaing & Michelin, 1864 accepted as Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816
Species Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1948
Species Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797 accepted as Lithophyllum tortuosum (Esper) Foslie, 1900
Species Millepora truncata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Myriapora truncata (Pallas, 1766)
Species Millepora tuberosa Boschma, 1966 accepted as Millepora exaesa (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Millepora violacea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766)
Species Millepora xishaensis Zou, 1978 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860
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| Distribution | | Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
Tanzania [details]
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| Notes | |
Description: May form extensive colonies to 2 m diameter. Skeleton calcareous with diverse growth-forms, from fine branching domes, encrusting sheet-like to laminar. Hydranths and reproductive polyps in sub-surface cavities, emerging at night through pores (0.1-0.3 mm diameter). Medusa vestigial. Zooxanthellate. Colour brownish, greenish or grey, often with a pale yellow hue. Habitat: shallow reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Sting painful, burning, hence the common name, but not a true coral (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205902 |
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| | | Citation: Schuchert, P. (2013). Millepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205902 on 2013-05-23 |
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