URMO taxon details
Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954)
758239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758239)
accepted
Species
Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758239 on 2025-06-16
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758239 on 2025-06-16
original description
(of Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954) Wells JW. (1954). Bikini and nearby atols: 2. Oceanography (biologic). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. <em>Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260-1: 385-486, pls. 94-185. [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277�355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
new combination reference Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277�355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
new combination reference Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | knob coral [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipsastraea helianthoides)
To Genbank (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44980) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipsastraea helianthoides)
To Genbank (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (6 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 44980) (from synonym Favia helianthoides Wells, 1954)
