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Cycloseris tenuis (Dana, 1846) 
AphiaID: 207324

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
  Cycloseris erosa (Döderlein, 1901) (junior synonym)
Fungia (Cycloseris) tenuis Dana, 1846
Fungia cooperi Gardiner, 1909 (junior synonym)
Fungia erosa Döderlein, 1901 (junior synonym)
Fungia tenuis Dana, 1846
Sources  original description: Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [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: 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]

original description (from synonym): Döderlein, L. 1901. Die Korallengattung Fungia. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24: 351–360. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Döderlein, L. 1902. Die Korallengattung Fungia. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 27: 1–162, I–XXV. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Gittenberger, A. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2006. Phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular studies on reef corals of Fungia (Cycloseris) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) near river outlets. Contributions to Zoology 75: 195-201, available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43290 [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Gardiner, J.S. 1909. The Madreporarian Corals. I. The family Fungiidae, with a revision of its genera and species and an account of their geographical distribution. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (Ser. 2) 12: 257- 290, pls. 33-39. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English mushroom coral (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Chagos [details]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Note  Type locality: Paumoto Archipelago? [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207324
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-01-22 08:26:58Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2013-01-22 10:22:55Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
2013-01-22 14:47:01Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Cycloseris tenuis (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207324 on 2013-06-19
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