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holotype of Acanthastrea spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime
holotype of Acanthastrea spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime
Description Name of object: Acanthastrea 2
Specimen ID: MNHN IK-2010-599
Type Specimen: Holotype
Locality: Habite l’île Tonga
Scale Bar Length: 5 mm
Orientation: calical surface
Preparation Method: Skeleton Surface
Imaging Method: Photograph
Remark: Astrea dipsacea, var. Quoy and Gaimard 1833, p.210
Copyright: 2012
Copyright Holder: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Author Aude ANDOUCHE PNG file - 723.16 kB - 1 024 x 651 pixels added on 2023-02-24220 viewsScleractinia taxaDigital photo, entire species Acanthastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24Digital photo, entire species Acanthastrea spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846)checked Hoeksema, Bert 2023-02-24 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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