Scleractinia name details

Astrangia palifera Verrill, 1870

1374009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1374009)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Astrangiidae (Family)
  9. Astrangia (Genus)
  10. Astrangia palifera (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Polycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1870)
Species
Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astrangia palifera Verrill, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1374009 on 2026-07-11
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original description Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details] 

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

additional source Verrill, A.E., 1871. Notes on Radiata. No. 7. On the geographical distribution of the polypes of the West coast of America. Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci. 1 : 558-567.
page(s): Pl. IX Fig. 2 [details] 

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1870). On the geographical distribution of the polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1, 7, 558-567
page(s): Pl. IX Fig. 2 [details] 

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