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Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901) 
AphiaID: 290423

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) > Faviinae (Subfamily) > Mussismilia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890
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]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290423
Taxonomic
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290423 on 2013-05-18
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