African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890

AphiaID

267605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267605)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Faviinae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890

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Species Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)

Environment

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

Original description

Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig. 50: 278–316. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267605 on 2026-10-08

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) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267605 on 2026-10-08

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

2014-03-16 13:26:33Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-05-06 13:41:26Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-21 08:49:27Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig. 50: 278–316. [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 Silva, A. H.; Nogueira, M. M.; Johnsson, R.; Neves, E. G. (2024). Morphological variation of the endemic reef-building genus Mussismilia in the Bahia State (Tropical northeastern Brazilian coast). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315424000948 [details] Available for editors

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

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Introduced: alien

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