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Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia stelligera (DANA, 1846); Figuré; F.A30271)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia stelligera (DANA, 1846); Figuré; F.A30271)

763067  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:763067)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Merulinidae (Family)
  9. Goniastrea (Genus)
  10. Goniastrea stelligera (Species)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astraea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea (Favia) hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dipsastraea stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia armata (Verrill, 1872) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia hombronii (Rouseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favites armata (Verrill, 1872) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea hombronii (Rousseau, 1854) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastrea orion (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella orion Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parastrea hombronii Rouseau, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesiastraea stelligera (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=763067 on 2025-07-07
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2014-05-27 21:37:37Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2021-04-28 05:39:27Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-07-20 08:47:41Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Orbicella orion Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Parastrea lobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details] 

original description (of Parastrea hombroni Rouseau, 1854) Rousseau, L. (1854). In: Hombron J.B. & Jacquinot H. (1854 [March]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. <em>Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée.</em> 28ème livraison, Zoophytes, pls. 27-29. [details] 

original description (of Plesiastrea armata Verrill, 1872) Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [details] 

original description (of Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932) Hoffmeister JE (1932). Corals. In: Geology of Eua, Tonga. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 96: 1-93, pl. 22. [details] 

original description (of Favia stelligera var. fanningensis Vaughan, 1918) Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Plesiastrea carli Nemenzo, 1979) Nemenzo F (1979) Astrocoeniid and faviid reef corals from Central Philippines. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 8: 37-50. [details] 

original description (of Astraea (Orbicella) stelligera Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference 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

additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 151-21, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 154-18, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) HLD X2: 156-7, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48677, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50764, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50790, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 51010, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53214, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53237, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 55819, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 56678, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) NMSR 8626, geounit Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) NMSR I/452/E3 [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 113-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 114-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 115-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 199-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 200-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 201-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 206-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 216-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 223-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 327-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 328-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 575-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 605-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 734-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846)) WAM 848-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 127-48, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 151-20, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854)) HLD X2: 156-8, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
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LanguageName 
English knob coral [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese ホシキクメイシ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Goniastrea hombroni (Rousseau, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Favia lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astraea lobata) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniastrea stelligera) 
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Astraea lobata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 31 proteins) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 31 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia stelligera (DANA, 1846); Figuré; F.A30271) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (125 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records) (from synonym Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 68221) (from synonym Favia pseudostelligera Hoffmeister, 1932)
From editor or global species database
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia stelligera (DANA, 1846); Figuré; F.A30271)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Favia stelligera (DANA, 1846); Figuré; F.A30271)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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