WoRMS taxon details
Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846)
AphiaID: 207274
AphiaID: 207274
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Agariciidae (Family) > Gardineroseris (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gardineroseris Scheer & Pillai, 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, 1905 Agariciella minikoiensis (Gardiner) Agariciella planulata Agariciella ponderosa Gardiner | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] basis of record: Sheppard, C.R.C. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin Nr 307 [details] basis of record: Fauré, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 203: 1-26 [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. Stylasteridae, Scleractinia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] basis of record (from synonym): Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Reunion [details] Rodriguez (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Alteuthellopsis corallina Humes, 1981 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Euxynus capulus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Moluccomolgus lordus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Odontomolgus pumilus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paramolgus ampullaceus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paramolgus angustus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paramolgus eparmatoides Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paramolgus gibberulus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Paramolgus setellus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Sociellus torus Humes, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia clavellata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia filata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia rasilis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Odontomolgus mucosus Kim I.H., 2006 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Odontomolgus unioviger Kim I.H., 2006 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Sociellus geminus Kim I.H., 2006 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Anchimolgus angustus (Humes, 1992) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Anchimolgus eparmatoides (Humes, 1992) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Anchimolgus gibberulus (Humes, 1992) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Anchimolgus setellus (Humes, 1992) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Xarifia clavellata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia filata Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Xarifia rasilis Humes, 1985 (parasitic: endoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are massive, reaching 1 m across. Calices are polygonal, not round, and 3 - 5 mm diameter. The inside walls appear to the naked eye to be smoothly concave surfaces because the septa are very numerous, close together and of uniform height. Tall corallite walls may surround a single or a dividing group of corallites. The species is common on reef slopes in clear to moderately turbid water, from near the reef crest in sheltered water to at least 25 m deep. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) Colonies are massive to encrusting, sometimes with laminar margins. Corallites have poorly defined walls but are separated by acute ridges so that each corallite or group of corallites is at the bottom of a neat excavation. Columellae are present and septo-costae are very fine and even. Polyps are rarely extended and only at night. Colour: usually purple-grey, sometimes brown or yellow. Abundance: uncommon throughout its range except on some walls or under overhangs. Usually requires clear water. (Veron, 1986 <57>) Forms massive colonies with plate-like edges. Prominent ridges separate the polygonal corallites. Colour: usually green to brown. Habitat: diverse, in clear water. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Type locality: Type locality: unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207274 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207274 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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