WoRMS name details
Symphyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879)
207397 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207397)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Isophyllia erythraea Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details] 
Description Monocentric calices are 6-13 mm diameter. Calices are fairly rounded and thick walled, but a varied and even a high...
Description Monocentric calices are 6-13 mm diameter. Calices are fairly rounded and thick walled, but a varied and even a high proportion of calices are di- or tri-stomodaeal. Mature calices are up to 10 mm deep and have a well formed columella. There are two orders of septa, though the thinner, second order also usually reach the columella. Septa of adjacent septa may meet, though usually there is a groove separating calices. Septal spines are large and thick. This species is common in the Red Sea, occurring on reef slopes between 5 - 20 m deep. It forms nearly perfectly domed and spherical colonies up to 60 cm diameter, which also makes it conspicuous. Although this is a clear species, it has previously been regarded as a monocentric to tristomodaeal Acanthastrea. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Symphyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207397 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Isophyllia erythraea Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [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): 35 [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 Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 63, 100, 111 [details]
new combination reference 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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sheppard, C.R.C. (1998). Corals of the Indian Ocean: a taxonomic and distribution database for coral reef ecologists [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): 35 [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 Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</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): 54-55 [details]
additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 63, 100, 111 [details]
new combination reference 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype NMSR 8611, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8923, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Authority Authority given as in Sheppard 1998 <308>, main text; in the list, authority is given as (Head). [details]Description Monocentric calices are 6-13 mm diameter. Calices are fairly rounded and thick walled, but a varied and even a high proportion of calices are di- or tri-stomodaeal. Mature calices are up to 10 mm deep and have a well formed columella. There are two orders of septa, though the thinner, second order also usually reach the columella. Septa of adjacent septa may meet, though usually there is a groove separating calices. Septal spines are large and thick. This species is common in the Red Sea, occurring on reef slopes between 5 - 20 m deep. It forms nearly perfectly domed and spherical colonies up to 60 cm diameter, which also makes it conspicuous. Although this is a clear species, it has previously been regarded as a monocentric to tristomodaeal Acanthastrea. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sinuous cup coral | [details] |
