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Fungia (Cycloseris) somervillei Gardiner, 1909 
AphiaID: 717214

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus) > Fungia (Cycloseris) (Subgenus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cycloseris somervillei (Gardiner, 1909)
Rank Species
Parent Fungia (Cycloseris) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Cycloseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Sources  original description: Gardiner, J.S. 1909. The Madreporarian Corals. I. The family Fungiidae, with a revision of its genera and species and an account of their geographical distribution. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (Ser. 2) 12: 257- 290, pls. 33-39. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Seychelles [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717214
Taxonomic
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2013-02-03 14:25:22Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia (Cycloseris) somervillei Gardiner, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717214 on 2013-05-25
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