Overview
zooxanthellate
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Starry Cup Coral
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Cnidarians
- Class:
Anthozoa
()
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Stony Corals
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Acanthastrea
()
- Specific name:
amakusensis
- Veron, 1990
- Scientific name: - Acanthastrea amakusensis Veron, 1990
- Specific name:
amakusensis
- Veron, 1990
- Genus:
Acanthastrea
(
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Class:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Cairns S.D., Hoeksema B .W. & van der Land J., 2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthastrea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. amakusensis (Starry Cup Coral) · A. bowerbanki (Starry Cup Coral) · A. brevis · A. echinata (Starry Cup Coral) · A. faviaformis (Starry Cup Coral) · A. hemprichi · A. hemprichii (Starry Cup Coral) · A. hillae (Starry Cup Coral) · A. horrida · A. ishigakiensis (Starry Cup Coral) · A. lordhowensis (Starry Cup Coral) · A. maxima (Starry Cup Coral) · A. minuta (Starry Cup Coral) · A. regularis (Starry Cup Coral) · A. rotundaflora (Starry Cup Coral) · A. simplex · A. subechinata (Starry Cup Coral)
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565616
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5844
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 571760
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604051
