WoRMS taxon details
Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 207361
AphiaID: 207361
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Halomitra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Halomitra Dana, 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Doederleinia vetusta Gerth, 1925 † (junior synonym) Fungia pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) Halomitra clypeus Verrill, 1864 (junior synonym) Halomitra concentrica Studer, 1901 (junior synonym) Halomitra louwinae Van Der Horst, 1921 Halomitra phillipinensis (Studer, 1901) (junior synonym) Halomitra tiara Verrill, 1864 (junior synonym) Madrepora pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) Podabacia philippinensis Studer, 1901 (junior synonym) Zoopilus gomezi Nemenzo, 1980 (junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [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] 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: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 29-60. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Studer, T. 1901. Madreporarier von Samoa, den Sandwich-Inseln und Laysan. Zoologische Jahrbüchern, Abteilung für Systematik, Biologie und Biogeographie der Tiere 14: 388-428, pls. 23-31. [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] from synonym: Nemenzo, F. 1980. Fungiid corals from Central Philippines. Kalikasan. The Philippine Journal of Biology 9: 283-302. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: East Asia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Fiji Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Philippines (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Chagos [details] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indo-West Pacific [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate, free-living [details] Description: A free living, colonial fungiid, which can reach 75 cm tall and broad. Small colonies up to 20 cm across are usually flat, but larger colonies become increasingly dome shaped, developing into regular or irregular, hollow hemispheres. The colour photo is the edge of a rim of a large, domed specimen. Corallites are numerous, and all of the same size, (though a larger central one can sometimes be found at the top of the dome or in the centre of the disk). Septa run discontinuously down the sides, and are usually very sharp. Colonies are brown to cream, usually with a purple rim. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) Colonies are large and free-living, circular, dome- or bell-shaped, thin and delicate and without an axial furrow. Corallites are widely spaced. Septo-costae are similar to those of Fungia fungites. Polyps are extended only at night. Tentacles are small and widely spaced. Colour: pale brown, frequently with bright-pink or purple margins. Abundance: occurs on middle to lower reef slopes in lagoons on soft substrates. Usually uncommon. (Veron, 1986 <57>) Unmistakable; free-living, dome or bell-shaped colonies to 50 cm in height and diameter. Corallites evenly spaced over the entire colony. Colour: brownish-orange with pink to purple lower rim. Habitat: shallow reefs. (Richmond, 1997) [details] Type locality: Type locality: "East Indies" (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207361 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207361 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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