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Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon, 1980 
AphiaID: 207614

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Euphylliidae (Family) > Euphyllia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Euphyllia Dana, 1846
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific [details]
Chagos [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]

Description: Colonies are phacelo-meandroid with exsert septa which plunge near the valley centre. Polyps have tubular tentacles without side branches but with an anchor- or T-shaped tip. Colour: blue-grey outer border to the terminal structure of the tentacle. Abundance: seldom common but may be a dominant species on deep horizontal substrates. Colonies frequently exceed 1 m in diameter on flat muddy substrates and are conspicuous. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Type locality: Type locality: Jewell Reef, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
Image 
Euphyllia ancora
Euphyllia ancora
added on 2010-11-10 - author: Gustav Paulay
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207614
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-01-22 12:34:02Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207614 on 2013-05-24
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