Scleractinia name details
Fungia (Ctenactis) Verrill, 1864
716858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716858)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subgenus
Madrepora echinata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (type by original designation)
- Species Fungia (Ctenactis) echinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Fungia (Ctenactis) ehrenbergi (Leuckart, 1841) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Fungia (Ctenactis) simplex (Gardiner, 1905) accepted as Ctenactis crassa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ctenactis Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details] 
Note Madropora echinata Pallas, 1766
Type species Madropora echinata Pallas, 1766 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungia (Ctenactis) Verrill, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716858 on 2026-09-21
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(of Ctenactis Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]
additional source Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]
additional source Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species Madropora echinata Pallas, 1766 [details]