African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Blastomussa loyai Head, 1978

WoRMS name details

Blastomussa loyai Head, 1978

AphiaID

1590807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590807)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > interim unpublished

Rank

Species

Parent

Blastomussa Wells, 1968

Orig. name

Blastomussa (Ceriomorpha) loyae Head, 1978

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Blastomussa (Ceriomorpha) loyae Head, 1978) Head, S.M. 1978. A cerioid species of Blastomussa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the central Red Sea, with a revision of the genus. Journal of Natural History 12: 633-639. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Blastomussa loyai Head, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590807 on 2024-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-06-22 11:26:26Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2023-02-10 13:02:54Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Blastomussa (Ceriomorpha) loyae Head, 1978) Head, S.M. 1978. A cerioid species of Blastomussa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the central Red Sea, with a revision of the genus. Journal of Natural History 12: 633-639. [details]

From editor or global species database

Spelling The spelling correction follows ICZN Articles 31.1, 32.3, 32.5. According to Head (1978: 636), the species was named after Dr. Yossi Loya. Hence, the eipthet should be "loyai" instead of "loyae". [details]

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