WoRMS taxon details
Ctenella chagius Matthai, 1928
211419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211419)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype NHMUK 28.3.1.61, verbatimGeounit Egmont,...
, Note Egmont, Chagos (Recent)
Holotype NHMUK 28.3.1.61, verbatimGeounit Egmont, Chagos (Rece... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Egmont, Chagos (Recent) [details]
Description This is a regularly meandroid coral, with very even series of corallites. Valleys are long and regular, running unbroken...
Description This is a regularly meandroid coral, with very even series of corallites. Valleys are long and regular, running unbroken for many centimetres. Septa have smooth edges, and the columella is likewise a smooth ribbon running unbroken along the valley floor. In daytime, small tentacles are usually visible. This is the only member of the family Meandrinidae in the Indo-Pacific, a family common in the Caribbean. Its distribution is restricted to the Chagos Archipelago, and it probably represents a relict population there. In Chagos, however, it is a very common coral, with colonies up to a metre in diameter. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ctenella chagius Matthai, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211419 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
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Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [details]
[request]basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Moothien Pillay R, Terashima H, Venkatasami A, Uchida H. (2002). Field guide to corals of Mauritius. <em>Albion Fisheries Research Centre, Mauritius.</em> pp. 334. [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC, Dinesen ZD, Drew EA. (1983). Taxonomy, ecology and physiology of the geographically restricted scleractinian species Ctenella chagius Matthai. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33 (4): 905-918. [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 593 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Moothien Pillay R, Terashima H, Venkatasami A, Uchida H. (2002). Field guide to corals of Mauritius. <em>Albion Fisheries Research Centre, Mauritius.</em> pp. 334. [details]
additional source Sheppard CRC, Dinesen ZD, Drew EA. (1983). Taxonomy, ecology and physiology of the geographically restricted scleractinian species Ctenella chagius Matthai. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33 (4): 905-918. [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 123 [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 593 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 28.3.1.61, verbatimGeounit Egmont, Chagos (Rece... [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Type locality Egmont, Chagos (Recent) [details]
Unreviewed
Description This is a regularly meandroid coral, with very even series of corallites. Valleys are long and regular, running unbroken for many centimetres. Septa have smooth edges, and the columella is likewise a smooth ribbon running unbroken along the valley floor. In daytime, small tentacles are usually visible. This is the only member of the family Meandrinidae in the Indo-Pacific, a family common in the Caribbean. Its distribution is restricted to the Chagos Archipelago, and it probably represents a relict population there. In Chagos, however, it is a very common coral, with colonies up to a metre in diameter. [details]
