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Heliofungia Wells, 1966 
AphiaID: 206539

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 actiniformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (type by original designation)
Parent Fungiidae Dana, 1846
Synonymised
taxa		  Fungia (Heliofungia) Wells, 1966
Sources  original description: 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]

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]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Heliofungia actiniformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Heliofungia fralinae (Nemenzo, 1955)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Type species: Fungia actiniformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206539
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 14:17:27Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-01-21 22:25:02Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
2013-01-22 10:22:55Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Heliofungia Wells, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206539 on 2013-05-25
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