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WoRMS name details

Prionastraea vasta Klunzinger, 1879

AphiaID

765834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765834)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Accepted Name

Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879)

Rank

Species

Parent

Prionastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807

Orig. name

Prionastraea vasta Klunzinger, 1879

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Variety Prionastraea vasta var. superficialis Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Prionastraea vasta Klunzinger, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765834 on 2024-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-06-21 06:45:04Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-20 08:47:41Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Sources (5)

original description Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]

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

additional source Duncan PM. (1889). On the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 21: 1-25., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00967.x [details]

additional source Matthai G (1924) Report on the madreporarian corals in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 8: 1-59.
page(s): 20 [details]

additional source Ortmann, A. (1892). Die Korallriffe von Dar-es-Salaam und Umgegend. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 6: 631-670., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10195227
page(s): 640, 662 [details]