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Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) 
AphiaID: 135146

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Cladocora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834
Synonymised
taxa		  Madrepora caespitosa Linnaeus, 1767
Sources  basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan madrèpora mediterrània  [details]
English cladocora  [details]
English pillow coral  [details]
French cladocore  [details]
German Rasenkoralle  [details]
Italian cespuglio di mare  [details]
Italian madrepora a cuscino  [details]
Italian madrepora pagnotta  [details]
Russian древовидный коралл  [details]
Slovenian kamena korala  [details]
Spanish madrépora mediterránea  [details]
Turkish mercan  [details]
Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Distribution East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Italy [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tunis Gulf [details]
Host of  Pseudanthessius thorellii (Brady & Robertson D., 1875) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: zooxanthellate [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Images 
Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
added on 2006-09-26 - author: J.G. Harmelin
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
added on 2012-02-16 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
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Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa
added on 2012-07-24 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135146
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-09-15 23:16:22Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135146 on 2013-05-20
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