WoRMS taxon details
Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816) AphiaID: 207402
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Merulinidae (Family) > Hydnophora (Genus) > Hydnophora microconos (Species)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Hydnophora klunzingeri Rehberg, 1892 (synonym)Hydnophorella microconos (Lamarck, 1816) (previous combination)Madrepora exesa Ellis & Solander, 1786 (homonym, synonym)Monticularia microconos Lamarck, 1816 (original combination, basionym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description Lamarck J.B.P.A. de M. de 1816. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vingt troisième partie. Mollusques et polypes divers. Mme Veuve Agasse, Paris; Liste des objets représentés dans
les planches de cette livraison, 1-16; pl. 391-488, 431 bis, 431 bis*., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details] [show all] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | From other sources
Indian Ocean Aldabra [details]Chagos [details]Reunion [details]Madagascar Madagascar [details]Mozambique Mozambique [details]Red Sea Red Sea [details]Republic of Mauritius Mauritius [details]Rodriguez [details]Seychelles Seychelles [details]South Africa South Africa (country) [details](no group) East Africa [details]Indo-Pacific [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Panjakus saccipes Kim I.H., 2005 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Panjakus iratus Kim I.H., 2005 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anchimolgus parangensis Kim I.H., 2007 (symbiotic: unspecified type)
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description This has large, massive colonies which are always rounded and without the foliaceous or branched projections of H. exesa. The surface is covered with neat, regular monticules, which are smaller than in H. exesa, being <2 to 5 mm diameter. The species is common in shallow, exposed water and it is very rarely found below 10 m deep. It is a constant component of the reef crest community on all but extremely exposed reefs, and on these it is merely displaced into deeper pockets on the reef flat and into water 2 - 5 m deep. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)Colonies are massive, rounded, with hydnophores 2-3 mm in diameter. Colour: dull cream, brown or green. Abundance: seldom common, occurs primarily in lagoons and on protected reef slopes. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Spelling Spelled H. microconus in Vine 1988. Type locality: unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207402 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2014). Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207402 on 2015-01-27 | |||||||||||||||||
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