Fungia elegans
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
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: Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411202 on 2026-08-29
created: 2009-08-11T11:20:33Z
is replaced by: 716444
modified: 2022-07-24T21:39:27Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870
accepted name usage ID: 716444
class: Hexacorallia
family: Fungiidae
genus: Fungia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Verrill, A.E. 1870. Descriptions of echinoderms and corals from the Gulf of California. American Journal of Science 49: 93-100.
name published in year: 1870
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 206375
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Verrill, 1870
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: junior homonym