WoRMS taxon details
Astrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817)
AphiaID: 287125
AphiaID: 287125
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Rhizangiidae (Family) > Astrangia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Astrangia brasiliensis Vaughan, 1906 Astrangia epithecata Duncan, 1876 Astrangia granulata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Astrangia minuta Duncan, 1876 Astrangia neglecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Astrangia solitaria portoricensis Vaughan, 1901 Caryophyllia solitaria Leseuer, 1817 | ||||||||||
| 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] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock & D.M. Opresko, 2002. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Spec. Publ. Am. Fish. Soc. 28 : i-xi, 1-115. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Astrangia solitaria portoricensis Vaughan, 1901 accepted as Astrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aruba [details] Belize [details] Bermuda [details] Bonaire [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cayman Islands [details] Colombia [details] Costa Rica [details] Cuba [details] Curaçao [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Hispaniola [details] Jamaica [details] Lesser Antilles [details] Mexico [details] Panama [details] Puerto Rico [details] Trinidad and Tobago [details] Venezuela [details] West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 0-51 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287125 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Astrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287125 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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