WoRMS taxon details
Fungia granulosa Klunzinger, 1879
AphiaID: 207348
AphiaID: 207348
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungia Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Klunzinger, C.B. 1879. Die Korallenthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen: 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details] additional source: 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] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Red Sea [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate, free-living [details] Description: Corals may have a pronounced central arch. All septa and costae are granular in appearance and fairly thick. The septal teeth are no larger than granules. Small slits between the costae are visible underneath. This is a common species in sheltered areas, on soft substrates, coral rubble and hard substrates, from near the surface to 20 m deep. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) Corals are circular, up to 135 mm in diameter, flat or with a central arch. Septa are thick, wavy and with finely granulated margins. Costae are fine. The undersurface has pits between the costae. Colour: usually brown. Abundance: usually uncommon. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Type locality: Type locality: Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207348 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia granulosa Klunzinger, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207348 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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