WoRMS taxon details
Herpetolitha Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
AphiaID: 717253
AphiaID: 717253
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (junior synonym, changed spelling) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825 | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 15: 73-144. [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] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Herpetolitha ampla Verrill, 1864 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1797) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717253 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Herpetolitha Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717253 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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