WoRMS taxon details
Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815)
AphiaID: 207323
AphiaID: 207323
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Cycloseris (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Diaseris mortoni Tenison-Woods, 1880 (junior synonym) Fungia (Cycloseris) cyclolites Lamarck, 1815 Fungia adrianae Van Der Horst, 1921 (junior synonym) Fungia borneensis Gerth, 1925 † (junior synonym) Fungia cyclolites Lamarck, 1815 Fungia glans Dana, 1846 (junior synonym) Fungia japonica Vaughan, 1906 † (junior synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lamarck, J.B.d.1815. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs families, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du Végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie: Paris, Verdière. [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] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1880. On a new species of Diaseris. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5: 459-463, pl. 15. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Vaughan, T.W. 1906. Three new Fungiae, with a description of a specimen of Fungia granulosa Klunzinger and a note on a specimen of Fungia concinna Verrill. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 30: 827-832. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Gerth, H. 1925. Jungtertiare Korallen von Nias, Java und Borneo, nebst einer uebersicht über die aus dem Kanozoikum des Indischen Archipels bekannten Arten. Leidsche Geologische Mededelingen 1: 22-82, pls. 5-7. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Indo-West Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Corals are circular domes up to 40 mm in diameter with a concave undersurface. Septa are straight an symmetrical. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth. Colour: pale cream or greenish. Abundance: (common on flat inter-reef soft substrates. Veron, 1986 <57>) Small, solitary, up to 5 cm, circular and dome-shaped. Colour: generally pale cream or green. Habitat: often common on sandy substrates between reefs. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Type locality: Southern Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207323 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207323 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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