original description
Sheppard CRC, Sheppard ALS. (1991). Corals and coral communities of Saudi Arabia. <em>Fauna of Saudi Arabia.</em> 12: 1-170. [details]
new combination reference
Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Waheed Z, Stefani F, Hoeksema BW (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and revision of the genus Blastomussa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 358-378. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Oman (Recent) [details]