Scleractinia name details
Heliastraea aperta Verrill, 1868
870490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870490)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-371, pl. 4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heliastraea aperta Verrill, 1868. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870490 on 2026-09-03
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Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-371, pl. 4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type YPM 1518, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]