Polyastra ponderosa
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-30
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: Polyastra ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Polyastra ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594133 on 2026-08-30
created: 2022-07-15T11:36:13Z
is replaced by: 207274
modified: 2022-07-15T11:36:13Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polyastra ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905)
accepted name usage ID: 207274
class: Hexacorallia
family: Agariciidae
genus: Polyastra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge. 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
name published in year: 1905
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 766438
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Gardiner, 1905)
specific epithet: ponderosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: junior subjective synonym