WoRMS taxon details

Pseudosiderastrea tayamai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935

207272  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207272)

accepted
Species
Anomastraea (Pseudosiderastraea) tayamai (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935) · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Yabe H, Sugiyama T (1935) A new living coral, Pseudosiderastrea tayamai, from Dobo in Wamar, Aru Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo 11: 373-375. [details]   
Description Colonies are encrusting to submassive, up to 15 cm diameter. Corallites are monocentric, cerioid, with circular or...  
Description Colonies are encrusting to submassive, up to 15 cm diameter. Corallites are monocentric, cerioid, with circular or irregular outlines. Calice diameters are 3 to 4 mm, and they can be 2 or 3 mm deep or very shallow in some specimens from stressed habitats, in which case they have a glassy appearance. Columellae are less than 0.5 mm diameter and consist of 1 - 5 small pegs sets in pits below the general level of the septa. Septa are equal, and show slightly concave slopes downwards towards the centre of the calice. In many calices there may be some lateral fusion of septa, and their top surface is heavily ornamented with teeth. Budding is extratentacular. The species is a fairly common inhabitant of reef slopes in shallow but sheltered water. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)

Colonies are encrusting to massive, dome-shaped, up to 160 mm in diameter. Corallites are cerioid, polygonal, 3-6 mm in diameter. Septa are evenly spaced and fuse with each other in fan-like groups. They have fine, saw-like teeth. Columellae consist of one to four pinnules. Colour: pale grey with distinctive white corallite walls. Abundance: Uncommon throughout its range. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Pseudosiderastrea tayamai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207272 on 2024-04-26
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2013-09-30 11:24:24Z
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original description Yabe H, Sugiyama T (1935) A new living coral, Pseudosiderastrea tayamai, from Dobo in Wamar, Aru Islands. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo 11: 373-375. [details]   

context source (HKRMS) AFCD. (2004). Ecological Status and Revised Species Records of Hong Kong's Scleractinian Corals. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department,The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]   

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

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 39 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., Pichon, M., Mitta, G., Galli, P. 2007. Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular and morphological evidences. Contributions to Zoology 76: 35-54., available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7601a04
page(s): 35, 37, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, fig. 4, fig. 6 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [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 Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 5, 62, Pl. LIX [details]   

additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 29 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 33, 72 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 134-135 [details]   

additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 85 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 85-89 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype IGPS 56525, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 229-87, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 466-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 491-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 784-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 821-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

From other sources
Description Colonies are encrusting to submassive, up to 15 cm diameter. Corallites are monocentric, cerioid, with circular or irregular outlines. Calice diameters are 3 to 4 mm, and they can be 2 or 3 mm deep or very shallow in some specimens from stressed habitats, in which case they have a glassy appearance. Columellae are less than 0.5 mm diameter and consist of 1 - 5 small pegs sets in pits below the general level of the septa. Septa are equal, and show slightly concave slopes downwards towards the centre of the calice. In many calices there may be some lateral fusion of septa, and their top surface is heavily ornamented with teeth. Budding is extratentacular. The species is a fairly common inhabitant of reef slopes in shallow but sheltered water. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)

Colonies are encrusting to massive, dome-shaped, up to 160 mm in diameter. Corallites are cerioid, polygonal, 3-6 mm in diameter. Septa are evenly spaced and fuse with each other in fan-like groups. They have fine, saw-like teeth. Columellae consist of one to four pinnules. Colour: pale grey with distinctive white corallite walls. Abundance: Uncommon throughout its range. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Spelling Spelled P. tayami in <63>. Type locality: Arafura Sea (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
English false pillow coral  [details]
Japanese タヤマヤスリサンゴ  [details]