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Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886) 
AphiaID: 291010

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Sandalolitha (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Sandalolitha Quelch, 1884
Synonymised
taxa
  Fungia pileus var. oblonga Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym ?)
Halomitra irregularis Gardiner, 1898 (junior synonym)
Parahalomitra irregularis (Gardiner, 1898)
Parahalomitra robusta (Quelch, 1886)
Podabacia robusta Quelch, 1886
Sources  original description: Quelch, J.J., 1886. Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Rep. scient. Res. Voy. Challenger 16 : 1-203. [details]

basis of record: Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: UNEP-WCMC Species Database, available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gardiner, J.S. 1898. On the fungid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings Zoological Society of London 1898 (3): 525-539, pls. 43-45. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Quelch, J.J. 1886. Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. — Rep. Sci. Results Voyage H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 16 (3): 1-203, pls. 1-12. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Lamarck, J.B.d.1815. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, préséntant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs families, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du Végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie: Paris, Verdière. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English irregular boomerang coral  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Ambon (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Funafuti (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Biology: zooxanthellate, free-living [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291010
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-21 22:25:02Z  checked  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291010 on 2013-05-25
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