WoRMS taxon details
Lithactinia Lesson, 1831
AphiaID: 717281
AphiaID: 717281
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) |
| Status |  unaccepted (junior synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Polyphyllia Blainville, 1830 | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Typetaxon | Lithactinia novaehiberniae Lesson, 1831 (type by monotypy) | |||||||
| Parent | Fungiidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lesson, R.P. 1831. Illustrations de zoologie ou recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'apres nature, pls. 1-60. Bertrand, Paris. [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 Lithactinia novaehiberniae Lesson, 1831 accepted as Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831) | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717281 | |||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Lithactinia Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717281 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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