Scleractinia name details

Haliglossa Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834

717251  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717251)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Fungiidae (Family)
  9. Haliglossa (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Madrepora limax Esper, 1792 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Haliglossa echinata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Haliglossa foliosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Haliglossa interrupta Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Haliglossa limacina (Lamarck, 1801) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Haliglossa pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Haliglossa stellaris Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Haliglossa Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717251 on 2026-06-14
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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] 

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] 

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