WoRMS taxon details
Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846)
763067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:763067)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (basionym, changed combination)
Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted (synonym)
Astrea (Favia) hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Dipsastraea stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (previous combination)
Favia acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted (synonym ?)
Favia hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted (synonym)
Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted (synonym)
Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918 · unaccepted (synonym)
Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted (synonym)
Heliastrea orion (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Madrepora acropora Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym ?)
Orbicella orion Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Orbicella stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (original combination, basionym)
Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979 · unaccepted (Synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
Type locality contained in Fiji
type locality contained in Fiji [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2022). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=763067 on 2022-05-16
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original description
(of Madrepora acropora Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Orbicella orion Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854) Rousseau, L. (1854). In: Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1854 [March]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. <em>Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée.</em> 28ème livraison, Zoophytes, pls. 27-29. [details]
original description (of Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872) Verrill AE (1872) Names of species in the author's report on zoophytes. In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands, Dodd & Mead, New York, pp 379-388. [details]
original description (of Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932) Hoffmeister JE (1932). Corals. In: Geology of Eua, Tonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 96: 1-93, pl. 22. [details]
original description (of Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918) Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
original description (of Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979) Nemenzo F (1979) Astrocoeniid and faviid reef corals from Central Philippines. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 8: 37-50. [details]
original description (of Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
new combination reference 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. [details]
[request] original description (of Orbicella orion Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854) Rousseau, L. (1854). In: Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1854 [March]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. <em>Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée.</em> 28ème livraison, Zoophytes, pls. 27-29. [details]
original description (of Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872) Verrill AE (1872) Names of species in the author's report on zoophytes. In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands, Dodd & Mead, New York, pp 379-388. [details]
original description (of Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932) Hoffmeister JE (1932). Corals. In: Geology of Eua, Tonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 96: 1-93, pl. 22. [details]
original description (of Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918) Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
original description (of Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979) Nemenzo F (1979) Astrocoeniid and faviid reef corals from Central Philippines. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 8: 37-50. [details]
original description (of Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
new combination reference 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. [details]
Present
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 151-21, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 154-18, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 156-7, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48677, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50764, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50790, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 51010, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53214, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53237, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 55819, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 56678, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) NMSR 8626, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) NMSR I/452/E3 [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 113-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 114-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 115-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 199-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 200-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 201-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 206-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 216-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 223-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 327-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 328-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 575-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 605-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 734-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 848-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 127-48, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 151-20, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 156-8, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Favia acropora (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (125 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 68221) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Favia acropora (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (125 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 68221) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
