Polyphyllia novaehiberniae
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-02
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: Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289231 on 2026-08-02
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2022-05-14T11:41:15Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polyphyllia novaehiberniae (Lesson, 1831)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Fungiidae
genus: Polyphyllia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lesson, R.P. 1831. Illustrations de zoologie ou recueil de figures d'animaux peintes d'apres nature, pls. 1-60. Bertrand, Paris.
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
name published in: de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546.
name published in year: 1831
name published in year: 1846 - 1849
name published in year: 1830
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 206736
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Lesson, 1831)
specific epithet: novaehiberniae
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted