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Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870 
AphiaID: 411202

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (homonym of Fungia elegans Bronn, 1837)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cycloseris curvata (Hoeksema, 1989)
Rank Species
Parent Fungia Lamarck, 1801
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. 1870. Descriptions of echinoderms and corals from the Gulf of California. American Journal of Science 49: 93-100. [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]

additional source: Verrill, A.E. 1870. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Homonymy: junior homonym of Fungia elegans Bronn, 1837 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:411202
Taxonomic
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2009-08-11 09:20:33Z  created  db_admin
2013-01-24 18:51:11Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411202 on 2013-05-25
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