Overview
zooxanthellate
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Starflower Coral
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Class:
Anthozoa
()
- Ehrenberg, 1831
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
()
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Bourne, 1900
- Stony Corals
- Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
()
- Family:
Acroporidae
()
- Genus:
Astreopora
()
- Specific name:
myriophthalma
- (Lamarck, 1816)
- Scientific name: - Astreopora myriophthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
- Specific name:
myriophthalma
- (Lamarck, 1816)
- Genus:
Astreopora
(
- Family:
Acroporidae
(
- Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Class:
Anthozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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 Astreopora
There are approximately 29 species in this genus:
A. antiguensis · A. cucullata (Starflower Coral) · A. decaphylla · A. expansa · A. explanata (Starflower Coral) · A. goethalsi · A. gracilis (Starflower Coral) · A. hemisphaerica · A. hochstetteri · A. horizontalis · A. incrustans (Starflower Coral) · A. lambertsi (Starflower Coral) · A. listeri (Starflower Coral) · A. macrostoma (Starflower Coral) · A. meneghiniana · A. moretonensis (Starflower Coral) · A. myriophtalma · A. myriophthalma (Starflower Coral) · A. myriophthalmus · A. myriopthalma · A. ocellata (Starflower Coral) · A. panicea · A. profunda · A. randalli · A. scabra · A. schedakena · A. suggesta (Starflower Coral) · A. tabulata · A. tecta
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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 4 providers.
- 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 - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
- 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
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- Senckenberg: Collection Cnidaria
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565852
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-SCL-166
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13782493
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 52997
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604444
