Astrea curta
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
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: Astrea curta (Dana, 1846)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Astrea curta (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762421 on 2026-08-02
created: 2014-05-25T09:31:03Z
modified: 2022-07-21T14:58:31Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Astrea curta (Dana, 1846)
class: Hexacorallia
family: Merulinidae
genus: Astrea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
name published in: Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764.
name published in: Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 29: 67-73.
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: 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: Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris.
name published in: Michelin H. (1840-1848). Iconographie zoophytologique, description par localités et terrains des Polypiers fossiles de France et pays environnants etc. P.Bertrand, Paris. 1841: 1-40; 1842: 41-72; 1843: 73-104; 1844: 105-144; 1845: 145-184; 1846: 185-248; 1847: 249-328; 1848: 329-348; 2: pls. 1-79.
name published in year: 1952
name published in year: 1899
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1848
name published in year: 1846 - 1849
name published in year: 1971
name published in year: 1840-1848
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 517592
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Dana, 1846)