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Scleractinia name details

Maeandra (Platygyra) Ehrenberg, 1834

Platygyra lamellina

AphiaID

1371359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1371359)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Platygyra labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Maeandra Oken, 1815 accepted as Meandrina Lamarck, 1801

Orig. name

Maeandra (Platygyra) Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (6)

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Species Maeandra (Platygyra) cerebriformis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maeandra (Platygyra) labyrinthica Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Maeandra (Platygyra) lamellina Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym)
Species Maeandra (Platygyra) phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Maeandra (Platygyra) spatiosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

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]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Maeandra (Platygyra) Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371359 on 2024-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-08-25 11:38:48Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-22 11:26:26Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (2)
Images (2)

original description 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]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

From editor or global species database

Platygyra lamellina

Image from synonym

From other sources

Platygyra lamellina Neat brain coral DMS

Image from synonym