WoRMS taxon details
Stylocoeniella guentheri (Bassett-Smith, 1890) AphiaID: 206948
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Astrocoeniidae (Family) > Stylocoeniella (Genus) > Stylocoeniella guentheri (Species)
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| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Stylocoeniella Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Orig. name | Stylophora guentheri Bassett-Smith, 1890 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Stylophora guentheri Bassett-Smith, 1890 (original combination, basionym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1890). Report on the corals from Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, China Sea. Journal of Natural History. 6(35): 353-374, 443-458, pls. 12-14., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694050 [details] [show all] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
 type locality China Sea [details]From other sources
Indian OceanChagos [details]Reunion [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]New Zealand New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Pacific Ocean Indo-West Pacific [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are small, rarely over 30 cm across, with calices about 1 mm in diameter. The two cycles of 6 septa each are markedly different in size. The pillar associated with each calice are also well developed and conspicuous. These readily distinguish this coral from other encrusting species in the region, and being styliform, are appreciably different also to the calical hoods of the encrusting Stylophora species with which it is most likely to be confused. Mostly between 5 and 50 m deep on reef slopes. It is found equally on clear water, exposed reefs and on back reef slopes, in lagoonal and turbid habitats. Its living colour may be green or yellowish brown. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)Calices are about 0.8 mm in diameter and are flush with the coenosteum. Septa are in two very unequal cycles. Colour: Dark or pale greenish-brown, with white polyps. Abundance: usually uncommon but more abundant than S. armata. Large colonies (greater than 0.5 m in diameter) are found in higher latitudes only. (Veron, 1986. <57>) Forms encrusting, columnar or massive colonies with club-shaped knobs and sunken corallites (0.6-1 mm across). Colour: usually pale brown or darker. Habitat: cooler, often turbid shallow reefs. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Type locality South China Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206948 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2015). Stylocoeniella guentheri (Bassett-Smith, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206948 on 2016-09-25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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