WoRMS name details

Fungia (Cycloseris) distorta Michelin, 1842

717210  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717210)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Fungiidae (Family)
  9. Fungia (Genus)
  10. Fungia (Cycloseris) (Subgenus)
  11. Fungia (Cycloseris) distorta (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fungia distorta Michelin, 1842) Michelin, H. (1842). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Zoophyte du genre Fongie. <em>Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne, Association universelle pour l'Avancement de la Zoologie, de l'Anatomie comparée et de la Palaeontologie.</em> 5: 316. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungia (Cycloseris) distorta Michelin, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717210 on 2025-05-03
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Hoeksema, Bert
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Nomenclature

original description (of Fungia distorta Michelin, 1842) Michelin, H. (1842). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Zoophyte du genre Fongie. <em>Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne, Association universelle pour l'Avancement de la Zoologie, de l'Anatomie comparée et de la Palaeontologie.</em> 5: 316. [details] 

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

Other

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

additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details] 

additional source Hoeksema, B.W., 1993. Mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Madang Lagoon, northern Papua New Guinea: an annotated checklist with the description of Cantharellus jebbi spec. nov. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 1-19., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/150656
page(s): 15 [details] 

additional source Hoeksema, B.W. & Dai,C.F. 1991. Scleractinia of Taiwan. II Family Fungiidae (with the description of a new species). Bulletin Zoological Institute, Academia Sinica, Taipei 30: 201-226.
page(s): 207 [details] 

additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 30 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
LanguageName 
Japanese ワレクサビライシ  [details]
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