Overview
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zooxanthellate, sedentary
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bracket Coral
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Ecology:
This species is found in reef slope
as an attached polyp with multiple
mouths
. Maximum size is over 50 cm. This species is found from 5-20
m.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.8.3 Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope ) [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
- Order:
Scleractinia
(
- Subclass:
Zoantharia
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: zooxanthellate, sedentary
Last scrutiny: 2007
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Podabacia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. crustacea (Bracket Coral) · P. motuporensis (Bracket Coral)
More Info
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- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 205.
- Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 92.
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 provider.
- Hoeksema, B., Rogers, A. & Quibilan, M. 2008. Podabacia motuporensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- 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 - LTM Nearshore Corals (OBIS Australia)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-5789
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14376784
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 572378
- IUCN ID: 234219
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 603991
Footnotes
- Hoeksema, B., Rogers, A. & Quibilan, M. 2008. Podabacia motuporensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
