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zooxanthellate
Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species is found in shallow water and is tolerant
of turbid
environments.
In Brazil, this species has been observed
from very shallow waters (0.5 - 0.1 m
above chart datum
) to depths
of 3.9 m.
It was most abundant between 2.5-2.9 m. Observed colony
size ranged from 1.3 - 65.3 cm. (Oigman-Pszczol and Creed 2004).
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef [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:
Mussidae
()
- Ortmann, 1890
- Genus:
Mussismilia
()
- Ortmann, 1890
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
hispida
- (Verrill 1902)
- Scientific name: - Mussismilia hispida (Verrill 1902)
- Specific name:
hispida
- (Verrill 1902)
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Mussismilia
(
- Family:
Mussidae
(
- Suborder:
Faviina
(
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Verrill A. E. II. -- Additions to the fauna
of
the Bermudas from the Yale Expedition
of 1901, with notes
on other
species Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts
and Sciences,
1901.
Comment: zooxanthellate
Last scrutiny: 2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Mussismilia
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Further Reading
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- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 186.
- 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. 173.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 103, p. 89.
- Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 63.
- Postilla. 1967 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 8.
- World Checklist of Fish and Invertebrates Listed in the CITES Appendices Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 98.
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 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Obura, D., Fenner, D., Hoeksema, B., Devantier, L. & Sheppard, C. 2008. Mussismilia hispida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
- 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 02, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment -Benthic (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Benthic biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565636
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5880
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13752959
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53493
- IUCN ID: 224721
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 604089
Footnotes
- Obura, D., Fenner, D., Hoeksema, B., Devantier, L. & Sheppard, C. 2008. Mussismilia hispida. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
