Marine Species Traits - Cantharellus Hoeksema & Best, 1984

Traits taxon details

Cantharellus Hoeksema & Best, 1984

AphiaID

267295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267295)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cantharellus noumeae Hoeksema & Best, 1984 (type by original designation)

Parent

Fungiidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Cantharellus Hoeksema & Best, 1984

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Species Cantharellus doederleini (von Marenzeller, 1907)
Species Cantharellus jebbi Hoeksema, 1993
Species Cantharellus noumeae Hoeksema & Best, 1984

Environment

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

Original description

Hoeksema, B.W. & M.B. Best, 1984. Cantharellus noumeae (gen. nov., spec. nov.), a new scleractinian coral (Fungiidae) from New Caledonia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 58: 323-328. , available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149836 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cantharellus Hoeksema & Best, 1984. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267295 on 2026-02-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Cantharellus Hoeksema & Best, 1984. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267295 on 2026-02-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2013-01-21 17:57:39Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2013-01-22 10:22:55Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-08 16:41:51Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-23 20:32:15Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Hoeksema, B.W. & M.B. Best, 1984. Cantharellus noumeae (gen. nov., spec. nov.), a new scleractinian coral (Fungiidae) from New Caledonia. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 58: 323-328. , available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149836 [details]

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

basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

additional source 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. Contributions to Zoology. 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cantharellus)
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