Marine Species Traits - Echinophyllia tarae Benzoni, 2013

Traits taxon details

Echinophyllia tarae Benzoni, 2013

AphiaID

736885 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736885)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Echinophyllia Klunzinger, 1879

Original name

Echinophyllia tarae Benzoni, 2013

Environment

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

Original description

Benzoni, F. (2013). Echinophyllia tarae sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new reef coral species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. ZOOKEYS. 318: 59-79., available online at http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/5351/5351-G-3-layout.pdf [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Echinophyllia tarae Benzoni, 2013. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736885 on 2026-08-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Echinophyllia tarae Benzoni, 2013. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736885 on 2026-08-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-07-31 19:08:33Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-31 08:36:17Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Benzoni, F. (2013). Echinophyllia tarae sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new reef coral species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. ZOOKEYS. 318: 59-79., available online at http://www.pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/5351/5351-G-3-layout.pdf [details]

additional source Arrigoni R, Berumen ML, Chen CA, Terraneo TI, Baird AH, Payri C, Benzoni F. (2016). Species delimitation in the reef coral genera Echinophyllia and Oxypora (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 105: 146-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.023 [details] Available for editors

additional source Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details]

additional source Ryanskiy, A. (2024). Life on the reef: corals, sea squirts, sponges, Bryozoa, comb jellies, marine plants. Reef ID Books. Self-Published. [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinophyllia tarae)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)