WoRMS taxon details
Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 207350
AphiaID: 207350
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Fungiidae (Family) > Fungia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Fungia Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fungia (Fungia) fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Fungia agariciformis Lamarck, 1801 (junior synonym) Fungia agariciformis var. tenuifolia Dana, 1846 (junior synonym) Fungia confertifolia Dana, 1846 (junior synonym) Fungia crassilamellata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860 (junior synonym, changed spelling) Fungia crassolamellata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (junior synonym) Fungia dentata Dana, 1846 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. columnifera Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. grandis Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. incisa Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. indica Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. insularis Nemenzo, 1955 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. lucapensis Nemenzo, 1955 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. plicata Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia fungites var. stylifera Döderlein, 1902 (junior synonym) Fungia haemei Verrill, 1864 (junior synonym) Fungia papillosa Verrill, 1866 (junior synonym) Fungia patella Ellis & Solander, 1786 Fungia puishani Veron & DeVantier, 2000 (junior synonym) Madrepora fungites Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details] additional source: Gittenberger, A., Reijnen, B.T. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contributions to Zoology 80: 107-132. , available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=8002a02 [details] from synonym: Veron, J.E.N. 2000. Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Veron, J.E.N. 2002. New species described in Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series 11: 1-209. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E., 1866. Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Capt. John Rodgers, U.S.N. from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, Naturalist to the Expedition. With descriptions of some additional species from the west coast of North America. Comm. Essex Inst. 5 : 17-50. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lamarck J.-B. (M. de), 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres. published by the author, and Deterville, Paris : pp. VIII + 432 + 8 pl., available online at http://www.lamarck.cnrs.fr/ice/ice_book_detail.php?lang=fr&type=text&bdd=lamarck&table=ouvrages_lamarck&bookId=7&typeofbookId=1&num=0 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1851. Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 6. Monographie des Fongides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 15: 73-144. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1860. Histoire naturelle des coralliaires 3: 1-560. Roret, Paris. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Döderlein, L. 1902. Die Korallengattung Fungia. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 27: 1–162, I–XXV. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nemenzo, F. 1955. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: I. Suborder Fungiida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 15: 3-84, pls. 1-14. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nemenzo, F. 1955. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: I. Suborder Fungiida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 15: 3-84, pls. 1-14. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ellis, J. & Solander, D. 1786. The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, pp. 1-208, pls. 1-63. White & Son, London. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 1: 29-60. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Fungia fungites var. columnifera Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. grandis Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. incisa Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. indica Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. insularis Nemenzo, 1955 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. lucapensis Nemenzo, 1955 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. plicata Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) Variety Fungia fungites var. stylifera Döderlein, 1902 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Ambon (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Bougainville (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Jaluit Atoll (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Pangasinan (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] type locality: Singapore (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Rodriguez [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] West Indian Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Anchimolgus latens Humes, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anchimolgus punctilis Humes, 1978 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Odontomolgus scitulus Humes, 1973 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Schedomolgus dumbensis Kim I.H., 2003 (symbiotic: unspecified type) | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate, free-living [details] Description: Corals are circular. Septa have triangular, small teeth, and costae have regular, tall and smooth spines. Coralla reach over 30 cm across and are slightly arched. The species is very common in sandy, rubble and hard substrate areas, down to at least 35 m deep. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) Corals are circular or subcircular, up to 280 mm in diameter. Septal teeth are triangular, pointed, coral spines are tall, smooth and conical. Colour: Brown, sometimes mottles. Abundance: Very common. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Type locality: Type locality: Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207350 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207350 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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