WoRMS taxon details
Astreopora listeri Bernard, 1896
AphiaID: 207125
AphiaID: 207125
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Acroporidae (Family) > Astreopora (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Astreopora Blainville, 1830 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Astreopora horizontalis Bernard | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] basis of record: Sheppard, C.R.C. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin Nr 307 [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Reunion (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: Colonies are hemispherical or flattened. Corallites are immersed, crowded, with rounded calices surrounded by feathery spinules giving the colony a spiny appearance. Colour: cream, grey or brown. Abundance: found in a wide range of environments but common only in intertidal pools. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Type locality: Type locality: Tonga (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207125 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Astreopora listeri Bernard, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207125 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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