WoRMS taxon details
Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
758235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758235)
accepted
Species
Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Goniastrea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Plesiastrea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Orbicella laxa 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] 
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758235 on 2024-11-07
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original description
(of Orbicella laxa 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]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
new combination reference Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
new combination reference Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)) WAM 361-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)) WAM 430-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)) WAM 778-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype (of Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)) WAM 884-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | knob coral [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) (from synonym Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipsastraea laxa)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (84 publications) (from synonym Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dipsastraea laxa)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (5 records)
