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Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864 
AphiaID: 716848

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Pleuractis Verrill, 1864
Rank Subgenus
Parent Fungia Lamarck, 1801
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]

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taxa
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Species Fungia (Pleuractis) gravis Nemenzo, 1955 accepted as Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955)
Species Fungia (Pleuractis) moluccensis Van der Horst, 1919 accepted as Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919)
Species Fungia (Pleuractis) paumotensis Stutchbury, 1833 accepted as Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833)
Species Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993 accepted as Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)
Species Fungia (Pleuractis) taiwanensis Hoeksema & Dai, 1991 accepted as Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema & Dai, 1991)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Indo-Pacific [details]
Note  Type species: Fungia paumotensis Stutchbury, 1833 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716848
Taxonomic
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2013-01-29 21:45:03Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716848 on 2013-05-23
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