Chinese Register of Marine Species - Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792)

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Register of
Marine Species
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WoRMS taxon details

Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792)

AphiaID

207363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207363)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825

Original name

Madrepora limax Esper, 1792

Synonymised names

Fungia limacina Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Fungia limax (Esper, 1792) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Fungia praecursor Umbgrove, 1946 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Fungia weberi Van der Horst, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Haliglossa foliosa Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Haliglossa interrupta Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Haliglossa interrupta var. subpileata Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Haliglossa limacina (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Haliglossa stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetoglossa secunda Nemenzo, 1988 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha ampla Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha crassa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha crassus (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha interrupta (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Herpetolitha stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolitha stricta (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithas foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithas interrupta (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithas limacina (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithas stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus crassus Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus foliosus (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus interruptus (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus limacinus (Lamarck, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpetolithus strictus Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpolitha stricta (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Madrepora limax Esper, 1792 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Madrepora pileus var. trilinguis Boddaert, 1768 · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed)

Madrepora talpa Houttuyn, 1772 · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed)

Madrepora trilinguis Boddaert, 1768 · unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed)

Matrepora limax (Esper, 1792) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Matrepora talpa (Houttuyn, 1772) · unaccepted > unavailable name

Sandalolitha africana Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Madrepora limax Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]

Descriptive notes

Description This coral is free living and strongly elongate. It is colonial, with numerous centres down a central furrow as well as...

Description This coral is free living and strongly elongate. It is colonial, with numerous centres down a central furrow as well as secondary centres down the sides of the corallum. The species reaches 45 cm long and about 10-15 cm wide. Septa very finely toothed. They are arched, and run from the central furrow to a secondary centre. The species is abundant and widespread in the Red Sea. It occurs in mid-depths, on coral rubble and hard substrates (Sheppard, 1998).
Colonies are elongate with rounded ends. Secondary centres are numerous. Few primary septa extend from the axial furrow to the perimeter. Some colonies develop forked axial furrows and become Y-,T-, or X-shaped. Colour: pale or dark brown or greenish-brown. Abundance: common on partly protected reef slopes where Fungia occur (Veron, 1986).
The largest of the fungiids, up to over 1 m in length (commonly 30-50 cm). Colonial, not solitary. Colonies are elongated, irregularly shaped with rounded ends. Colour: usually dark brown. Habitat: sheltered reefs (Richmond, 1997); sand (Kalk, 1959). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207363 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1996-10-25 16:53:40Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-28 07:24:50Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

changed

van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-21 14:34:10Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2021-04-11 10:46:47Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Sandalolitha africana Veron, 2000) Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

original description (of Madrepora limax Esper, 1792) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]

original description (of Fungia limacina Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

original description (of Fungia weberi Van der Horst, 1921) van der Horst, C.J. (1921). The Madreporaria of the Siboga expedition: 2. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman, XVIb. E.J. Brill: Leiden. 53-98, plates I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Madrepora trilinguis Boddaert, 1768) Boddaert, P. 1768. Lyst der Plant-Dieren, p. (1-50) + 1-654, pls. 1-14. Van Paddenburg & Van Schoonhoven, Utrecht. [details]

original description (of Madrepora talpa Houttuyn, 1772) Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam. 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614. [details]

original description (of Haliglossa interrupta Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Haliglossa foliosa Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Haliglossa stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

original description (of Herpetolithus strictus Dana, 1846) 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: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Herpetolithus crassus Dana, 1846) 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: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Herpetolitha ampla Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]

original description (of Fungia praecursor Umbgrove, 1946 †) Umbgrove JHF. (1946). Corals from a Lower Pliocene patch reef in Central Java. Journal of Paleontology. 20: 521-542. [details]

original description (of Herpetoglossa secunda Nemenzo, 1988) Nemenzo F. (1988). Philippine stony corals V. Three new species from islets in Central Philippines. The Philippine Journal of Science. 117: 215-221. [details]

original description (of Haliglossa interrupta var. subpileata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]

basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

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additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 260(I): 385-486.
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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype (of Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921)) WAM 170-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921)) WAM 428-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921)) WAM 709-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]

Nontype (of Herpetoglossa secunda Nemenzo, 1988) MSI HC 511 [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 127-39, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype HLD X2: 136-22, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8599, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8600, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8601, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8910, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8911, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8912, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR 8960, geounit French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype NMSR K 39 [details]

Nontype RMNH 18137, geounit Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH 18138 [details]

Nontype RMNH, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype RMNH, geounit Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype SYUMB S-0014/0017, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype TUIO-C C-618 [details]

Nontype UAZM [details]

Nontype UAZM, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype UAZM, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype USNM, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 104-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 105-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 159-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 165-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 171-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 196-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 207-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 208-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 271-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 382-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 390-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 496-80, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 521-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 525-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 527-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype WAM 715-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]

Nontype WAM 738-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]

Nontype WAM 896-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Syntype (of Fungia weberi Van der Horst, 1921) UAZM [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC apr-51 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC apr-56 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC apr-57 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC mrt-23 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC mrt-82, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC Zev 7382/7 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) IMC, geounit Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) MZUS [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha limax (Esper, 1792)) MZUS, geounit Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha stricta (Dana, 1846)) IMC apr-52 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha stricta (Dana, 1846)) IMC mrt-25 [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha stricta (Dana, 1846)) IMC mrt-40, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha stricta (Dana, 1846)) MSI C-92, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IMC mrt-79, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IMC mrt-80, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IMC mrt-83, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type (of Herpetolitha foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)) IMC Zev 7420/7, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MSI C-42, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unknown type MSI C-609, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

From editor or global species database

Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Unreviewed

Remark Authority given as (Esper) in Faure (1977 ). New combination in Sheppard (1998 <308>). Type locality: Unrecorded (Veron, 1986).
Herpetholitha limax Esper. In Kalk (1959). [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	striate boomerang coralslipper coral	[details]
German	Pantoffelkoralle	[details]
Japanese	ヒトスジキュウリイシ [from synonym]キュウリイシ［ヒトスジキュウリイシ］	[details]