Scleractinia taxon details
Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890
267605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267605)
accepted
Genus
Mussa harttii Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) (type by original designation)
Mussismilia (Protomussa) Matthai, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Protomussa Matthai, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868)
- Species Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868)
- Species Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901)
- Species Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)
- Species Mussismilia provincialis Repelin, 1900 †
- Species Mussismilia sanmiguelensis Chevalier, 1961 †
- Species Mussismilia vindobonensis Chevalier, 1961 †
- Subgenus Mussismilia (Protomussa) Matthai, 1928 accepted as Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mussismilia (Protomussa) sanmiguelensis Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Mussismilia sanmiguelensis Chevalier, 1961 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig.</em> 50: 278–316. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267605 on 2026-09-04
Date
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original description
Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig.</em> 50: 278–316. [details]
original description (of Protomussa Matthai, 1928) 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
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Silva, A. H.; Nogueira, M. M.; Johnsson, R.; Neves, E. G. (2024). Morphological variation of the endemic reef-building genus <i>Mussismilia</i> in the Bahia State (Tropical northeastern Brazilian coast). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315424000948 [details] Available for editors
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
original description (of Protomussa Matthai, 1928) 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
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Silva, A. H.; Nogueira, M. M.; Johnsson, R.; Neves, E. G. (2024). Morphological variation of the endemic reef-building genus <i>Mussismilia</i> in the Bahia State (Tropical northeastern Brazilian coast). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315424000948 [details] Available for editors
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | flower coral | [details] |
