Marine Species Traits - Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)

WoRMS taxon details

Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)

AphiaID

716548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716548)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pleuractis Verrill, 1864

Original name

Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993

Synonymised names

Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Fungia seychelensis Hoeksema, 1993 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Fungia seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) Hoeksema, B.W. 1993. Historical biogeography of Fungia (Pleuractis) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), including a new species from the Seychelles). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 639-654. [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis...

Holotype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18303, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716548 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-01-24 18:51:11Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-13 16:24:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) Hoeksema, B.W. 1993. Historical biogeography of Fungia (Pleuractis) spp. (Scleractinia: Fungiidae), including a new species from the Seychelles). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 639-654. [details]

new combination reference Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18303, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18311, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18304, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18305, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18306, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18307, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18308, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18309, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Fungia (Pleuractis) seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993) RMNH Coel. 18310, geounit Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

From editor or global species database

Biology zooxanthellate [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	mushroom coral [from synonym]	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fungia seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Fungia seychellensis Hoeksema, 1993)