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Madracis mirabilis sensu Wells, 1973 
AphiaID: 287110

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Pocilloporidae (Family) > Madracis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007
Rank Species
Parent Madracis Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap, and J.C. Lang. 2009. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 333–347 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English yellow pencil coral  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287110
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-06-09 12:20:15Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-08-03 18:21:02Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Madracis mirabilis sensu Wells, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287110 on 2013-05-23
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