WoRMS taxon details
Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895)
758262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758262)
accepted
Species
Echinopora franksi Gregory, 1895 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montastrea franksi (Gregory, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echinopora franksi Gregory, 1895) Gregory JW. (1895). Contribution to the paleontology and physical geology of the West Indies. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 51: 255-312, pl. 11. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758262 on 2024-08-22
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(of Echinopora franksi Gregory, 1895) Gregory JW. (1895). Contribution to the paleontology and physical geology of the West Indies. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 51: 255-312, pl. 11. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
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Biology zooxanthellate [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | boulder star coral [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orbicella franksi)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Echinopora franksi Gregory, 1895)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Montastrea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orbicella franksi)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Echinopora franksi Gregory, 1895)
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Montastrea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins) (from synonym Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895))
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 55 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)