Scleractinia name details

Explanaria galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

1381227  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1381227)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Explanaria (Genus)
  10. Explanaria galaxea (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora galaxea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Explanaria galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381227 on 2025-09-11
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2019-10-05 15:18:00Z
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2019-10-20 16:30:51Z
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original description (of Madrepora galaxea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

source of synonymy Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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