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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889) 
AphiaID: 207325

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexacorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScleractinia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungiidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloseris (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloseris costulata (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCycloseris marginata (Boschma, 1923) (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia (Cycloseris) costulata Ortmann, 1889 (previous combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia (Cycloseris) halophila Felix, 1915 † (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia (Cycloseris) wanneri Felix, 1921 † (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia costulata Ortmann, 1889 (original combination, basionym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia doederleini Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 (homonym of Fungia doederleini Marenzeller, 1907, junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia halophila Felix, 1915 † (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia marginata Boschma, 1923 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFungia wanneri Felix, 1921 † (synonym)
Sources  original description Ortmann, A. 1889. Beobachtungen an Steinkorallen von der Südküste Ceylons. Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere 4: 493-590, pls. 11-17. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormushroom coral [from synonym]  [details]
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Sabah  [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Ceylon [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Kepulauan Paternoster [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Salomon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Ceylon [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Indonesia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorChagos [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Seychelles
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndo-West Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBiology zooxanthellate [details]

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Southern coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Corals are circular, helmet-shaped, up to 76 mm in diameter with a concave undersurface. Primary septa are thick and exsert around the mouth. Colour: pale cream or brown. Abundance: rare, found unpredictably on lower reef slopes and inter-reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207325
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 14:17:27Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-01-22 14:47:01Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2014). Cycloseris costulata (Ortmann, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207325 on 2015-03-01
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