WoRMS taxon details
Herpetolithas ehrenbergii Leuckart, 1841
AphiaID: 717255
AphiaID: 717255
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Herpetolithas (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (junior synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Herpetolithas Leuckart, 1841 accepted as Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [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, | |||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Red Sea [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717255 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Herpetolithas ehrenbergii Leuckart, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717255 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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