Discosoma album
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Fautin, Daphne
date: 2026-08-29
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: Discosoma album (Forsskål, 1775)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Daly, M.; Fautin, D.G. (2013). World List of Corallimorpharia. Discosoma album (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289829 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2015-10-13T12:34:41Z
replaces: 854979
replaces: 854254
replaces: 854505
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Discosoma album (Forsskål, 1775)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Discosomidae
genus: Discosoma
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp.
name published in year: 1775
order: Corallimorpharia
parent name usage ID: 267394
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Forsskål, 1775)
specific epithet: album
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted