Marine Species Traits - Caulastrea Dana, 1846

Traits name details

Caulastrea Dana, 1846

Syntype of Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846

AphiaID

204033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204033)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted Name

Caulastraea Dana, 1846

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Orig. name

Caulastraea Dana, 1846

Direct children (5)

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Species Caulastrea connata (Ortmann, 1892) accepted as Astraeosmilia connata Ortmann, 1892 (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling genus name)
Species Caulastrea curvata Wijsman-Best, 1972 accepted as Astraeosmilia curvata (Wijsman-Best, 1972) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Caulastraea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Caulastrea tumida Matthai, 1928 accepted as Astraeosmilia tumida (Matthai, 1928) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym, misspelled genus name)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Caulastraea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Caulastrea Dana, 1846. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204033 on 2024-04-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Caulastrea Dana, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204033 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 14:17:27Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-18 15:57:33Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-02-06 17:41:18Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2018-12-31 15:45:47Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2020-01-11 09:31:22Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-14 05:06:53Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-11-25 10:16:10Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Caulastraea Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. [details]

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series. 3: 1-233. [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Syntype of Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846

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