WoRMS name details
Blastomussa (Blastomussa) wellsi Wijsman-Best, 1973
766084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766084)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wijsman-Best M (1973) A new species of the Pacific coral genus Blastomussa from New Caledonia. Pacific Science 27: 154-155. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Blastomussa (Blastomussa) wellsi Wijsman-Best, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766084 on 2026-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Wijsman-Best M (1973) A new species of the Pacific coral genus Blastomussa from New Caledonia. Pacific Science 27: 154-155. [details]
basis of record Head, S.M. 1978. A cerioid species of Blastomussa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the central Red Sea, with a revision of the genus. Journal of Natural History 12: 633-639., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770471 [details]
basis of record Head, S.M. 1978. A cerioid species of Blastomussa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the central Red Sea, with a revision of the genus. Journal of Natural History 12: 633-639., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937800770471 [details]