World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Traits taxon details

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Tubastraea coccinea, small colony

AphiaID

291251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291251)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Tubastraea Lesson, 1830

Parent

Tubastraea Lesson, 1830

Original name

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830

Environment

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

Original description

Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291251 on 2025-05-04

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291251 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-08-13 14:02:33Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2018-08-09 16:47:36Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-17 20:56:40Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-27 05:18:02Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

original description Lesson, R.P. (1830). Voyage autour du monde : exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L.I. Duperrey. Zoologie 2,. Paris, 1826-1830. (vol. 2, pt 2, 2e division, 1830)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663489 [details]

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additional source Creed, J. C. (2006). Two invasive alien azooxanthellate corals, Tubastraea coccinea and Tubastraea tagusensis, dominate the native zooxanthellate Mussismilia hispida in Brazil. Coral Reefs. 25(3): 350-350., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0105-x
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additional source Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 8(1): 91-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000903571088
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additional source Lira, S.M.A., Farrapeira, C.M.R., Amaral, F.M.D. & Ramos, C.A.C. (2010). Sessile and sedentary macrofauna from the Pirapama shipwreck, Pernambuco, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 10(4), 155–166. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000400021
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additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia. pp 1-246. [details]

additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. Kuroshio Biosphere. 2: 1-27. [details]

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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Gulko, D.; Aeby, G.; Potts, D. C. (2004). Gardner Pinnacles 2000-3 coral data compiled from Rapture 2000 and 2002, and Sette 2003 sites [Table 2]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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