WoRMS taxon details
Madrepora limax Houttuyn, 1772
AphiaID: 717269
AphiaID: 717269
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Madrepora (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (suppressed) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Houttuyn, M., 1772. Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwheurige afdeelingen 1737 : 1-6, 1-614. [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: Hoeksema, B.W. 1988. Madrepora limax Esper, 1797 (currently Herpolitha limax) and Fungia talpina Lamarck, 1801 (currently Polyphyllia talpina; both Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45: 13-17. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Note |
Type locality: unknown [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717269 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Madrepora limax Houttuyn, 1772. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717269 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||
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