Scleractinia name details
Goreaugyra memorialis Wells, 1973
292161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292161)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Goreaugyra Wells, 1973 accepted as Meandrina Lamarck, 1801
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW (1973) Two new hermatypic scleractinian corals from the West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 925-932. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Goreaugyra memorialis Wells, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292161 on 2026-08-14
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Wells JW (1973) Two new hermatypic scleractinian corals from the West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 925-932. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pinzón, J. H.; Weil, E. (2011). Cryptic species within the Atlantic Caribbean genus Meandrina (Scleractinia): a multidisciplinary approach and description of the new species Meandrina jacksoni. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 87: 823-853., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1085 [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 21, 137, 305 [details]
additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Pinzón, J. H.; Weil, E. (2011). Cryptic species within the Atlantic Caribbean genus Meandrina (Scleractinia): a multidisciplinary approach and description of the new species Meandrina jacksoni. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 87: 823-853., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2010.1085 [details]
additional source Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
page(s): 21, 137, 305 [details]
additional source Guzman, H.M., 1998. Diversity of stony, soft and black corals (Anthozoa: Scleractinia, Gorgonacea, Antipatharia; Hydrozoa: Milleporina) at Cayos Cochinos, Bay Islands, Honduras. Rev. Biol. Trop. 46 Suppl. 4: 75-80.
page(s): 77 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 45703, verbatimGeounit 26-30m, 1/4 mile NE ... [details]
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Type locality 26-30m, 1/4 mile NE of Goat Cay, Andros Is., Bahamas (Recent) [details]
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