Scleractinia name details
Fungia limacina Lamarck, 1801
716442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716442)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Variety Fungia limacina var. lobata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Fungia limacina Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716442 on 2026-09-04
original description
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 237 [details]
additional source Stutchbury, S. 1833. An account of the mode of growth of young corals of the genus Fungia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 493-497, pl. 32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1829.tb00151.x
page(s): 495, 496 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230
page(s): 110, 112, 420, 422 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
additional source Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 237 [details]
additional source Stutchbury, S. 1833. An account of the mode of growth of young corals of the genus Fungia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 493-497, pl. 32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1829.tb00151.x
page(s): 495, 496 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1907). Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. <em>US National Museum Bulletin.</em> 59 (9): 1-427., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10230
page(s): 110, 112, 420, 422 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality