Scleractinia taxon details

Cycloseris wellsi (Veron & Pichon, 1980)

716291  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716291)

accepted
Species
Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]   
Holotype  (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980)...  
Holotype (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) USNM 44818, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality contained in Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cycloseris wellsi (Veron & Pichon, 1980). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716291 on 2024-05-01
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2013-01-21 14:52:37Z
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2022-07-24 19:39:27Z
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original description  (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]   

new combination reference Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Reijnen, B.T., Montano, S. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2012. Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home. Contributions to Zoology 81: 125-146. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Coscinaraea wellsi Veron & Pichon, 1980) USNM 44818, geounit Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Type locality Bikini Atoll, Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands [details]
LanguageName 
English wrinkle coral [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese ウェルスヤスリサンゴ  [details]