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:
Intermediate Valley 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 occurs in shallow, tropical
reef environments. It is
found in most reef environments, but especially in lagoons
. This
is a fairly uncommon coral
that appears to prefer reef slopes
. Colonies
may reach several metres
in diameter (Wood
1983). This species is
found on subtidal
rock and rocky reefs. This species is found to
30 m.
[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.2 Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.2 Back Slope
- 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
()
- Series:
ref="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/5805
()
- Family:
Faviidae
()
- Gregory, 1900
- Genus:
Oulophyllia
()
- Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
()
- Specific name:
crispa
- (Lamarck 1816)
- Scientific name: - Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
- Specific name:
crispa
- (Lamarck 1816)
- Subgenus:
zooxanthellate
(
- Genus:
Oulophyllia
(
- Family:
Faviidae
(
- Series:
ref="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/5805
(
- 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 Oulophyllia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. bennettae (Intermediate Valley Coral) · O. crispa (Intermediate Valley Coral)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 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. 203.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 119.
- The Global Trade in Coral. WCMC Biodiversity Series 9 WCMC url p. 54.
- Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1866- url , p. 11, p. 131, p. 559.
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 30, 2012.
- DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Oulophyllia crispa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- 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).
- UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
- 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 - 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 Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- Senckenberg: Collection Cnidaria
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2566384
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5606
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13813691
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 53328
- IUCN ID: 229134
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605246
Footnotes
- Mean = -390.590 meters (-1,281.463 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,352.800 based on 43,811 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Oulophyllia crispa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
