Overview
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zooxanthellate
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Octopus Coral
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,069 meters (0 to -19,911 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species is common on reef slopes
. This species is found in reef
environments protected from strong
wave action. It is commonly found
from 3-15 m
, rarely from 1-2 m, in the South China Sea
and Gulf
of
Siam (Titlyanov and Titlyanova 2002). The maximum size is over 5
m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope )
- 9.8.4 Lagoon [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
()
- Order:
Scleractinia
()
- Bourne, 1900
- Stony Corals
- Suborder:
Faviina
()
- Family:
Oculinidae
()
- Gray, 1847
- Genus:
Galaxea
()
- Oken, 1815
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
fascicularis
- (Linnaeus 1767)
- Scientific name: - Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus 1767)
- Specific name:
fascicularis
- (Linnaeus 1767)
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Galaxea
(
- Family:
Oculinidae
(
- Suborder:
Faviina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: zooxanthellate
Last scrutiny: 2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Galaxea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. alta (Octopus Coral) · G. astreata (Octopus Coral) · G. cryptoramosa (Octopus Coral) · G. fascicularis (Octopus Coral) · G. longisepta (Octopus Coral) · G. paucisepta (Octopus Coral)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 50.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url p. 64, p. 98, p. 99.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 153.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 131.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 95.
- Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 125, p. 189, p. 98.
- Geological magazine. London [etc.]Cambridge University Press. url p. 115.
- Guide to the invertebrates of the synoptic collection in the Museum of the Boston society of natural history. By J. M. Arms Sheldon. Boston, The Society, 1905. url p. 138, p. 138.
- Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908-42. url , p. 212, p. 98, p. 99.
- Proceedings of the Essex Institute. Salem: Essex Institute Press. url p. 102, p. 39.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 158.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 763, p. 763.
- Proceedings. Salem, Mass.(1856-70) url p. 102, p. 176.
- Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. By John J. Quelch. [London?: H.M.S.O.], 1886. url p. 15, p. 71, p. 72.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url , , , p. 103, p. 138, p. 139, p. 143, p. 144, p. 146, p. 147, p. 148, p. 150, p. 151, p. 153, p. 154, p. 252, p. 325, p. 350, p. 350, p. 351, p. 352, p. 353, p. 354, p. 356, p. 357, p. 387, p. 490, p. 491.
- The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900 / Ed. by J. Stanley Gardiner. Cambridge: University Press, 1903-06. url p. 783, p. 783.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London: [The Society], 1879- url p. 130, p. 132, p. 133, p. 135, p. 139, p. 20, p. 24, p. 59, p. 60, p. 62, p. 65, p. 85, p. 9.
- World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 154, p. 156, p. 91.
Notes
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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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Hoeksema, B., Rogers, A. & Quibilan, M. 2008. Galaxea fascicularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land (from URMO).
- URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008
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
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565651
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5905
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13543264
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53409
- IUCN ID: 210332
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604117
Footnotes
- Mean = -427.950 meters (-1,404.035 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,410.760 based on 39,957 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Hoeksema, B., Rogers, A. & Quibilan, M. 2008. Galaxea fascicularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
