WoRMS taxon details
Pleuractis Verrill, 1864
AphiaID: 716543
AphiaID: 716543
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Typetaxon | Fungia paumotensis Stuchbury, 1833 (type by monotypy) | |||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864 Fungia (Wellsofungia) Hoeksema, 1989 (junior synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 29-60. [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: Gittenberger, A., Reijnen, B.T. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contributions to Zoology 80: 107-132. , available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=8002a02 [details] additional source: Wells, J.W. 1966. Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London 16: 223–246, pl. 1. Academic Press, London. [details] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 29-60. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Pleuractis alta (Nemenzo, 1983) Species Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879) Species Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955) Species Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919) Species Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833) Species Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993) Species Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema & Dai, 1991) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | Indo-Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indo-West Pacific [details] | |||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716543 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Pleuractis Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716543 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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