WoRMS name details

Acanthastrea hillae Wells, 1955

207381  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207381)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW. (1955). Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Geology.</em> 4 (10): 1-18, pls. 1-3. [details]   
Note Moreton Bay (Veron, 1986)  
From other sources
Type locality Moreton Bay (Veron, 1986) [details]
Description Colonies are cerioid. Corallites have irregular shapes and sometimes become valleys with several centres. Polyps are fleshy...  
Description Colonies are cerioid. Corallites have irregular shapes and sometimes become valleys with several centres. Polyps are fleshy when retracted. Colour: red, cream and brown, sometimes in mottled patterns. Abundance: colonies may exceed 1.5 m in diameter and are conspicuous. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Acanthastrea hillae Wells, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207381 on 2024-03-19
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1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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original description Wells JW. (1955). Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Geology.</em> 4 (10): 1-18, pls. 1-3. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Wijsman-Best M, Faure G, Pichon M. (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. <em>Revue Zoologique Africaine.</em> 3: 600-627, pls. 9-`12. [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 34 [details]   

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 134 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>  [details]   

additional source Hodgson G, Ross MA. (1982). Unreported scleractinian corals from the Philippines. <em>Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, Manila, 1981.</em> 2: 171-175.
page(s): 171 [details]   

additional source Nemenzo F, Hodgson G (1983) Philippine scleractinian corals – additional records. Philippine Journal of Science 112: 29-55.
page(s): 31, 44, 63 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 406, 407, 408, 409, 534 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233.
page(s): 203 [details]   

additional source Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details]   

additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 25, 92 [details]   

additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em>  [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 28-29 [details]   

additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 7, 257-260, 262 [details]   

additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
page(s): 3, 11, 14, 22, 90, 93 [details]   

source of synonymy Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Huang D, Fukami H, Chen CA, Berumen ML, Hoogenboom M, Thomson DP, Hoeksema BW, Budd AF, Zayasu Y, Terraneo TI, Kitano YF, Baird AH. (2016). When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 85 (4): 387-422. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype WAM 226-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 227-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 228-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 250-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 252-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 391-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 419-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 421-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 422-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 423-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 424-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 425-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 426-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 427-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 446-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 447-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 448-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 449-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 58-88, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 707-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 799-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 923-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 975-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]

From other sources
Description Colonies are cerioid. Corallites have irregular shapes and sometimes become valleys with several centres. Polyps are fleshy when retracted. Colour: red, cream and brown, sometimes in mottled patterns. Abundance: colonies may exceed 1.5 m in diameter and are conspicuous. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Type locality Moreton Bay (Veron, 1986) [details]
LanguageName 
English starry cup coral  [details]
Japanese オオトゲキクメイシ  [details]