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Acanthastrea minuta Moll & Best, 1984 
AphiaID: 288882

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) > Acanthastrea (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Accepted name  Micromussa minuta (Moll & Borel Best, 1984)
Rank Species
Parent Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
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 starry cup coral  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To ITIS
Note  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288882
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-21 13:45:25Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acanthastrea minuta Moll & Best, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288882 on 2013-05-24
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