UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

URMO taxon details

Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Diploria labyrinthiformis

AphiaID

289826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289826)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diploria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Original name

Madrepora labyrinthiformis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289826 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289826 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-03-16 13:26:33Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-29 06:08:19Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

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