Scleractinia name details
Polyastra venosa Ehrenberg, 1834
766439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766439)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
Polyastra Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Pavona Lamarck, 1801
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. Polyastra venosa Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766439 on 2026-07-23
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 Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 156 [details]
additional source Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series.</em> 32 (2): 41-56.
page(s): 50 [details]
new combination reference Wells JW. (1936). The madreporarian genus Polyastra Ehrenberg. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 549-552, pls. 9-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933608655225 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [details]
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046
page(s): 156 [details]
additional source Durham JW. (1962). Corals from the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series.</em> 32 (2): 41-56.
page(s): 50 [details]
new combination reference Wells JW. (1936). The madreporarian genus Polyastra Ehrenberg. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 18: 549-552, pls. 9-10., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933608655225 [details]