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WoRMS taxon details

Galaxea alta Nemenzo, 1980 
AphiaID: 288114

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Galaxea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Galaxea Oken, 1815
Source  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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English octopus coral  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Philippines [details]
West North Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288114
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Galaxea alta. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288114 on 2013-05-22
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