WoRMS taxon details
Psammocora nierstraszi Van der Horst, 1921
AphiaID: 207261
AphiaID: 207261
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Psammocoridae (Family) > Psammocora (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Psammocora verrilli Vaughan, 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Psammocora Dana, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Pichon, M., Galli, P. 2010. The name game: morpho-molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 421-456. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Sumbawa [details] Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are massive and are primarily characterised by highly meandering valleys with steep walls. Corallites are distributed largely independently of the valleys. Colour: grey or cream. Abundance: rare, may be restricted to outer reefs. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Type locality: Sumbawa, Indonesia [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207261 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Psammocora nierstraszi Van der Horst, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207261 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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