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Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833) 
AphiaID: 716547

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) paumotensis Stutchbury, 1833
Fungia carcharias Studer, 1877 (junior synonym)
Fungia paumotensis Stuchbury, 1833
Fungia proechinata Döderlein, 1901 (junior synonym)
Fungia subpaumotensis Umbgrove, 1946 † (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Stutchbury, S. 1833. An account of the mode of growth of young corals of the genus Fungia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 493-497, pl. 32. [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]

original description (from synonym): Studer, T. 1877. Ubersicht der Steinkorallen aus der Familie der Madreporaria aporosa, Eupsammina und Turbinaria, welche auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Monatsbericht der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 625-655, pls. 1-4.  [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Döderlein, L. 1901. Die Korallengattung Fungia. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24: 351–360. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Döderlein, L. 1902. Die Korallengattung Fungia. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 27: 1–162, I–XXV. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Umbgrove, J.H.F. 1946. Corals from a Lower Pliocene patch reef in Central Java. Journal of Paleontology 20: 521-542, pls. 79-82.  [details] [view taxon]

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: Bougainville (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Jaluit Atoll (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
type locality: Society Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716547
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716547 on 2013-06-19
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