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Fungia placunaria Klunzinger, 1879 
AphiaID: 717128

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Lobactis scutaria (Lamarck, 1801)
Rank Species
Parent Fungia Lamarck, 1801
Sources  original description: Klunzinger, C.B. 1879. Die Korallenthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen: 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Red Sea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717128
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2013-02-02 17:34:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia placunaria Klunzinger, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717128 on 2013-05-24
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