WoRMS taxon details
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
207464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207464)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Fissicella) cerium Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Fissicella) favistella Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea (Fissicella) pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea (Fissicella) sinuosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea cerium Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea favistella Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea cerium (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea favistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astrea sinuosa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favites sinuosa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Goniastraea pectinata var. abditaxis Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea pectinata var. coronalis (Quelch, 1886) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea pectinata var. fragilis Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea pectinata var. planulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea pectinata var. quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea planulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastraea regularis Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea cerium (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea coronalis Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
Goniastrea favistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea grayi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea multilobata Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea regularis Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goniastrea sinuosa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra exigua Nemenzo, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prionastraea sinuosa (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Note Red Sea (Veron, 1986).
From other sources
Type locality Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are cerioid to submeandroid usually with less than four centres. Walls...
Description Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are cerioid to submeandroid usually with less than four centres. Walls are thick, paliform lobes are well developed. Colour: pale brown or pink, dark brown in deep or turbid water. Abundance: very common in most shallow-water habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207464 on 2024-08-22
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original description
(of Platygyra exigua Nemenzo, 1959) Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24. [details]
original description (of Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Astraea favistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 206, 229, 241-242, 243, 244 [details]
original description (of Astraea cerium Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 206, 245-246 [details]
original description (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea grayi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea coronalis Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Goniastrea multilobata Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) favistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) sinuosa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) cerium Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Goniastraea pectinata var. fragilis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
original description (of Goniastraea regularis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
original description (of Goniastraea pectinata var. abditaxis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
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additional source Ryland, J. S. (1981). Reefs of southwest Viti Levu and their tourism potential. Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 293-298
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original description (of Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Astraea favistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 206, 229, 241-242, 243, 244 [details]
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original description (of Astraea cerium Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm
page(s): 206, 245-246 [details]
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original description (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea grayi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Goniastrea coronalis Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Goniastrea multilobata Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) favistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) sinuosa Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) cerium Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Goniastraea pectinata var. fragilis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
original description (of Goniastraea regularis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
original description (of Goniastraea pectinata var. abditaxis Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
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page(s): 11, 12, 26-27 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
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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): 29 [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): 133 [details]
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additional source Scheer G, Pillai CSG. (1974). Report on Scleractinia from the Nicobar Islands. <em>Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 42(122): 1-75.
page(s): 9, 50-51, 74 [details]
additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1940). Madreporaria from the Togian Reefs (Gulf of Tomini, North-Celebes. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 265-310.
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additional source Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
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additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 3, 34-35, Pl. XXIII, Pl. XXIV [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 384, 386, 388, 394 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
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additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]
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additional source Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24.
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additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
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additional source Scheer G (1967). Korallen von den Sarso-Inseln im Roten Meer. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 421-436. [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 Matthai G (1924) Report on the madreporarian corals in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 8: 1-59.
page(s): 22 [details]
additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 12, 37, 138, 140 [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): 29, 106 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
page(s): 206 [details]
additional source Utinomi, H. (1965). A revised catalogue of scleractinian corals from the southwest coast of Shikoku in the collections of the Ehime University and the Ehime Prefectural Museum, Matsuyama. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 13(3): 243-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175404
page(s): 251 [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 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]
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.
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additional source Ryland, J. S. (1981). Reefs of southwest Viti Levu and their tourism potential. Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 293-298
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
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Nontype (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IGPS 51057, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IGPS 53057, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IGPS 56644-56646, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) IGPS 56650, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype HLD X2: 136-27, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype HLD X2: 153-12, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 39186, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype IGPS 39315, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Nontype NMSR 8634, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Nontype WAM 776-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 833-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are submassive or encrusting. Corallites are cerioid to submeandroid usually with less than four centres. Walls are thick, paliform lobes are well developed. Colour: pale brown or pink, dark brown in deep or turbid water. Abundance: very common in most shallow-water habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]Type locality Red Sea (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniastrea pectinata)
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE64closeup) (from synonym Astraea cerium Dana, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE71closeup) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE73verycloseup) (from synonym Astraea favistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea favistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Astraea cerium Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (89 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea planulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniastrea pectinata)
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834)
To GenBank (111 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE64closeup) (from synonym Astraea cerium Dana, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE71closeup) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE73verycloseup) (from synonym Astraea favistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea sinuosa Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea favistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Astraea cerium Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (89 records)
To ITIS