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Danafungia horrida (Dana, 1846) 
AphiaID: 716608

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Danafungia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Danafungia Wells, 1966
Synonymised
taxa
  Fungia (Danafungia) horrida Dana, 1846
Fungia acutidens Studer, 1877 (junior synonym)
Fungia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (junior synonym)
Fungia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (junior synonym, changed spelling)
Fungia horrida Dana, 1846
Fungia klunzingeri Döderlein, 1901 (junior synonym)
Fungia valida Verrill, 1864 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [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]

from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 15: 73-144. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & J. Haime, 1851. Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. Archs Mus. Hist. Nat. 5 : 1-502. [details] [view taxon]

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

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

from synonym: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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]

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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English mushroom coral (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Fiji (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indo-West Pacific [details]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Rodriguez (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Note  Type locality: "Feejee Islands" [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716608
Taxonomic
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Danafungia horrida (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716608 on 2013-05-20
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