WoRMS name details
Madrepora pistillata Esper, 1792
1504647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1504647)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]
Holotype
Holotype [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora pistillata Esper, 1792. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1504647 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]
basis of record Scheer G. (1990). Die von E.J.C. Esper 1788-1809 beschriebenen Anthrozoa (Cnidaria). IV: Scleractinia. V. Espers Leben und Werk. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 71 (4/6): 369-429. [details]
basis of record Scheer G. (1990). Die von E.J.C. Esper 1788-1809 beschriebenen Anthrozoa (Cnidaria). IV: Scleractinia. V. Espers Leben und Werk. <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 71 (4/6): 369-429. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Scheer G, Pillai CSG. (1974). Report on Scleractinia from the Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 42(122): 1-75.
page(s): 11, 75 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the TĂ´hoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Esper, E.J.C. (1789-1798). Die Planzenthiere: Fortsetzungen 1: 1-230; 2: 1-48. Abbildungen I: Madrepora pls. 1-87. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nurnberg. [details]
additional source Ott, F.D. (1995). The taxa depicted in E.J.C. Esper's "Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur" (1788-1830) and its "Forsetzungen" (1794-1806) with a combined index to both works. <em>Annalen des naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> 97B: 1-36. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Scheer G, Pillai CSG. (1974). Report on Scleractinia from the Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 42(122): 1-75.
page(s): 11, 75 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the TĂ´hoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Esper, E.J.C. (1789-1798). Die Planzenthiere: Fortsetzungen 1: 1-230; 2: 1-48. Abbildungen I: Madrepora pls. 1-87. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nurnberg. [details]
additional source Ott, F.D. (1995). The taxa depicted in E.J.C. Esper's "Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur" (1788-1830) and its "Forsetzungen" (1794-1806) with a combined index to both works. <em>Annalen des naturhistorischen Museums in Wien.</em> 97B: 1-36. [details] Available for editors

Holotype [details]