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Acanthophyllia deshayesiana (Michelin, 1850) 
AphiaID: 289315

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) > Acanthophyllia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Rank Species
Parent Acanthophyllia
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 flat cup coral  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-West Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289315
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-05-10 21:13:10Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Acanthophyllia deshayesiana (Michelin, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289315 on 2013-06-19
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