WoRMS taxon details
Polyphyllia Blainville, 1830
AphiaID: 206736
AphiaID: 206736
| 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 talpina Lamarck, 1801 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cryptabacia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (junior synonym) Lithactinia Lesson, 1831 (junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Blainville, H.M. de, 1830. Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles 60: 1-631. Levrault, Paris. [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] additional source: 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] from synonym: Lesson, R.P. 1831. Illustrations de zoologie ou recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'apres nature, pls. 1-60. Bertrand, Paris. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & J. Haime, 1849. Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. C. r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci., Paris 29 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831) Species Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia fungia Dana, 1846 accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia galeriformis Dana, 1846 accepted as Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831) Species Polyphyllia leptophylla Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia pelvis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia pileiformis Dana, 1846 accepted as Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831) Species Polyphyllia producta Folkeson, 1919 accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia sigmoides Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) Species Polyphyllia substellata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Type species: Fungia talpina Lamarck, 1801 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206736 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Polyphyllia Blainville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206736 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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