WoRMS taxon details
Astrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
762418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:762418)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Orbicella) rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Parastrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] 
Holotype (of Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander,...
Holotype (of Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander, 1786) GLAHM 104014 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=762418 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
basis of record Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
original description (of Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
basis of record Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 259-260 [details]
additional source Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 371 [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 259-260 [details]
additional source Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 371 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora rotulosa Ellis & Solander, 1786) GLAHM 104014 [details]
Nontype (of Favia rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) BMNH, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904) IMC apr-71, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904) IMC, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Favia hululensis Gardiner, 1904) IMC, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
