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Haliglossa Ehrenberg, 1834 
AphiaID: 717251

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Madrepora limax Esper, 1797 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Fungiidae Dana, 1846
Sources  original description: Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834, Beitrage zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besunders des Rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1832: 225-380. [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]

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Species Haliglossa echinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766)
  » Variety Haliglossa echinata var. platystoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846)
» Variety Haliglossa echinata var. polystoma Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846)
Species Haliglossa foliosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797)
Species Haliglossa interrupta Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797)
Species Haliglossa stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717251
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Haliglossa Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717251 on 2013-05-18
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