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Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766)

Eusmilia fastigiata

AphiaID

289939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289939)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Eusmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Orig. name

Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766

Synonymised names

Caryophyllia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Eusmilia alticostata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia aspera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia fastigiata f. fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Eusmilia fastigiata f. flabellata Wells, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia fastigiata f. guacanayabensis Zlatarski, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia fastigiata f. typica Zlatarski & Estella, 1980 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia knorri Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eusmilia knorrii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)

Eusmilia silene Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Lithodendron fastigiatum (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Lobophyllia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Madrepora capitata Esper, 1795 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Direct children (4)

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Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. flabellata Wells, 1973 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. guacanayabensis Zlatarski, 1982 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Forma Eusmilia fastigiata f. typica Zlatarski & Estella, 1980 accepted as Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [book]. pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details]

Type data

Lectotype (of Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766) ,...

Holotype (of Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766) , verbatimGeounit Mare Americanum (Rec... [details]

Lectotype (of Eusmilia silene Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 123, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289939 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2010-10-09 21:17:09Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2013-09-03 22:03:43Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2019-08-25 20:19:04Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-09 05:33:08Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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original description (of Eusmilia fastigiata f. flabellata Wells, 1973) Wells JW (1973) New and old scleractinian corals from Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 16-58. [details]

original description (of Madrepora fastigiata Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [book]. pp. 451, Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 [details]

original description (of Eusmilia fastigiata f. guacanayabensis Zlatarski, 1982) Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia. 472 pp. [details]

original description (of Eusmilia fastigiata f. typica Zlatarski & Estella, 1980) Zlatarski, V. N.; Estalella, N. M. (1980). Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Bulgarian Academy of Science. Sophia., pp. 312.
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original description (of Eusmilia knorri Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Eusmilia alticostata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]

original description (of Eusmilia aspera Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives. 5: 1–502, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [details]

original description (of Eusmilia silene Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2. 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]

original description (of Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819) Schweigger AF. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen : anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen ; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend / von August Friedrich Schweigger. Berlin. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50571414 [details]

original description (of Madrepora capitata Esper, 1795) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885 [details]

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