WoRMS name details
original description
(of Heliastraea aperta Verrill, 1868) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
basis of record
Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [details]
source of synonymy
Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14. [details]
From other sources
Spelling Spelling of the genus name does not follow Veron (1986) [details]
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