Cladocora caespitosa
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
creator: Cairns, Stephen
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135146 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-06-02T20:50:41Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Cladocoridae
genus: Cladocora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
name published in: Sars M. (1857). Bidrag til Kundskaben om Middelhavets Littoral-Fauna, Reisebemaerkinger fra Italien. Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne. 9(7):110–164, pls. 1-2.
name published in: Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380.
name published in: Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9.
name published in: Joubin ML. (1930). Note sur un coralliaire nouveau, Hoplangia pallaryi, de la Méditerranée. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Série 2. 2(4): 412-417.
name published in: Pax, F.; Mueller, I. (1954). Die Korallentiere der Adria. Die Aquarien-und Terrarien-Zeitschrift, 7, 10-13
name published in year: 1767
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1834
name published in year: 1848
name published in year: 1930
name published in year: 1954
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 135087
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1767)
specific epithet: caespitosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted