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Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema & Dai, 1991) 
AphiaID: 716544

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Pleuractis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pleuractis Verrill, 1864
Synonymised
taxa		  Fungia (Pleuractis) taiwanensis Hoeksema & Dai, 1991
 Fungia taiwanensis Hoeksema & Dai, 1991
Sources  original description: Hoeksema, B.W. & Dai,C.F. 1991. Scleractinia of Taiwan. II Family Fungiidae (with the description of a new species). Bulletin Zoological Institute, Academia Sinica, Taipei 30: 201-226. [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 (from synonym): Hoeksema, B.W. 1993. Historical biogeography of Fungia (Pleuractis) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), including a new species from the Seychelles). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 639-654. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English mushroom coral (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Taiwan (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716544
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2013-01-24 17:30:43Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema & Dai, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716544 on 2013-06-19
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