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WoRMS name details

Micromussa diminuta Veron, 2000

290348  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290348)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Lobophylliidae (Family)
  9. Micromussa (Genus)
  10. Micromussa diminuta (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] 
Holotype  MTQ G55851, geounit Sri Lankan Exclusive...  
Holotype MTQ G55851, geounit Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific to Sri Lanka  
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific to Sri Lanka [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Micromussa diminuta Veron, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290348 on 2025-07-13
Date
action
by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2014-03-15 10:57:36Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2016-10-01 11:45:10Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-21 13:11:58Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Huang D, Fukami H, Chen CA, Berumen ML, Hoogenboom M, Thomson DP, Hoeksema BW, Budd AF, Zayasu Y, Terraneo TI, Kitano YF, Baird AH. (2016). When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 85 (4): 387-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08504002 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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

additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2011). Coral taxon names published in 'Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Art. 86.1.2. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 68(3): 162-166.
page(s): 164 [details] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209. [details] 

additional source ICZN (2011) Coral taxon names published in ‘Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Article 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 162-166. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype MTQ G55851, geounit Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Unreviewed
Distribution Central Indo-Pacific to Sri Lanka [details]
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