WoRMS taxon details
Ctenactis Verrill, 1864
AphiaID: 206403
AphiaID: 206403
| 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 | Madrepora echinata Pallas, 1766 (type by original designation) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fungia (Ctenactis) Verrill, 1864 Herpetoglossa Wells, 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 29-60. [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] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Ctenactis albitentaculata Hoeksema, 1989 Species Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846) Species Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206403 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Ctenactis Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206403 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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