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Millepora Linnaeus, 1758

205902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205902)

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Genus
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Millepora boschmai De Weerdt & Glynn, 1991
  3. Species Millepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868
  4. Species Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816
  5. Species Millepora cylindrica Reuss, 1868 †
  6. Species Millepora damesi (Felix, 1884) †
  7. Species Millepora depauperata Reuss, 1864 †
  8. Species Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775
  9. Species Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775
  10. Species Millepora fittoni Woodward, 1830 †
  11. Species Millepora foveolata Crossland, 1952
  12. Species Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860
  13. Species Millepora laboreli Amaral, 2008
  14. Species Millepora latifolia Boschma, 1948
  15. Species Millepora nitida Verrill, 1868
  16. Species Millepora nodulosa Nemenzo, 1984
  17. Species Millepora parasitica Catullo, 1857 †
  18. Species Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
  19. Species Millepora ramea Catullo, 1857 †
  20. Species Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816
  21. Species Millepora striata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  22. Species Millepora subpirenaica Altuna, Alvarez-Perez, Busquets & Etayo, 2007 †
  23. Species Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949
  24. Species Millepora verrucosa Reuss, 1868 †
  25. Species Millepora conglomerata Forsskål, 1775 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  26. Species Millepora globularis Catullo, 1857 † accepted as Polytremacis bellardii Haime in Bellardi, 1852 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Millepora murrayi Quelch, 1884 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, possible synonym)
  28. Species Millepora plicata (Esper, 1790) accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > misapplication)
  29. Species Millepora ramosa Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Millepora tuberosa Boschma, 1966 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 790 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Traits (2026). Millepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205902 on 2026-07-04
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Millepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205902 on 2026-07-04
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1997-10-30 15:49:33Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-09-05 20:47:38Z
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2011-03-11 07:10:22Z
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2013-07-12 13:15:10Z
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2013-09-22 08:21:59Z
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2015-07-03 05:29:24Z
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2017-02-03 07:23:49Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 790 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Amaral, F. D., Hudson, M. M., Steiner, A. Q., & Ramos, C. A. C. 2007. Corals and calcified hydroids of the Manuel Luiz Marine State Park (State of Maranhao, northeast Brazil). Biota Neotropica 7: 73-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032007000300008
page(s): 2, 3, 4, 7 [details] 

additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403., available online at https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.42.379
page(s): 401 [details] 

additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 402 [details] 

additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1973). Notes sur les actinies de Polynésie Française. Cahiers du Pacifique, (17): 173-204
page(s): 177 [details] 

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 120 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 48 [details] 

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C.; Sheppard, A. L. S. (1985). The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 17-36
page(s): 27 [details] 

additional source Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T.; Tsukahara, J. (2006). Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa:Hexacorallia). Phycological Research, 54, 122-132, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00419.x
page(s): 125 [details] 

redescription Razak, T.B. & B.W. Hoeksema, 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 313-336. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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