Scleractinia name details

Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)

479012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479012)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Pocilloporidae (Family)
  9. Madracis (Genus)
  10. Madracis mirabilis (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madracis myriaster (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
Species
Madracis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

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(of Stylophora mirabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nomenclature This species name is often misapplied for Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007.  
Nomenclature This species name is often misapplied for Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479012 on 2026-09-26
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original description (of Stylophora mirabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

additional source Cortès, J., Guzmán, H. (1985). Organismos de los arrecifes coralinos de Costa Rica III. Descripcion y distribucion geografica de corales escleractinios (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) de la Costa Caribe. <em>Brenesia.</em> 24: 63-123. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Nomenclature This species name is often misapplied for Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007. [details]
LanguageName 
English yellow pencil coral  [details]
German Zweigkoralle  [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) 
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