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Fungia (Fungia) fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 717242

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus) > Fungia (Fungia) (Subgenus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
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status
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Accepted name  Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Fungia (Fungia) Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Fungia Lamarck, 1801
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [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: Red Sea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717242
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2013-02-03 16:04:51Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia (Fungia) fungites (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717242 on 2013-06-19
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