African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991

AfReMaS name details

Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991

AphiaID

267699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267699)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Blastomussa Wells, 1968

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Parasimplastrea omanensis Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991 accepted as Blastomussa omanensis (Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991) (type by original designation)

Parent

Plerogyridae Rowlett, 2020

Original name

Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991

Direct children (2)

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Species Parasimplastrea omanensis Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991 accepted as Blastomussa omanensis (Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Parasimplastrea sheppardi Veron, 2000 accepted as Blastomussa loyae Head, 1978 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Sheppard CRC, Sheppard ALS. (1991). Corals and coral communities of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 12: 1-170. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267699 on 2025-05-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267699 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-02-06 17:41:18Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2013-09-08 13:36:39Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2014-06-24 09:27:33Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-08 20:42:32Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-22 11:26:26Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (5)
Links (3)

original description Sheppard CRC, Sheppard ALS. (1991). Corals and coral communities of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 12: 1-170. [details]

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

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

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

additional source Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Waheed Z, Stefani F, Hoeksema BW (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and revision of the genus Blastomussa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 358-378. [details]

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