Overview
zooxanthellate
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Starry Cup Coral
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 5 meters (17 feet).Standard Deviation = 25.730 based on 18 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Cnidarians
- Class:
Anthozoa
()
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Stony Corals
- Family:
Tenebrionoidea
()
- Genus:
Acanthastrea
()
- Specific name:
lordhowensis
- Veron & Pichon, 1982
- Scientific name: - Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982
- Specific name:
lordhowensis
- Veron & Pichon, 1982
- 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
There are approximately 17 species 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
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - GBR Nearshore Coral Diversity (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - LTM Nearshore Corals (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Hexacoral Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3866708
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5851
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13551108
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53505
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604059
