WoRMS taxon details

Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954)

758239  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758239)

accepted
Species
Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Plesiastrea helianthoides (Wells, 1954) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   
Holotype  (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) USNM...  
Holotype (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) USNM 44980, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758239 on 2024-03-29
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2014-03-16 01:08:52Z
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2022-12-31 22:47:05Z
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original description  (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]   

additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]   

new combination reference Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) USNM 44980, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) WAM 362-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) WAM 74-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) WAM 950-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
LanguageName 
English knob coral [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese ウモレキクメイシ  [details]