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Galaxea Oken, 1815

Syntype of Oculina horrescens Dana
Syntype of Oculina horrescens Dana

205332  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205332)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Euphylliidae (Family)
  9. Galaxea (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acrohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Organites Link, 1807 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Galaxea acrhelia Veron, 2000
  2. Species Galaxea alta Nemenzo, 1979
  3. Species Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816)
  4. Species Galaxea crassiseptata Latypov & Dautova, 1998
  5. Species Galaxea cryptoramosa Fenner & Veron, 2000
  6. Species Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  7. Species Galaxea horrescens (Dana, 1846)
  8. Species Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2000
  9. Species Galaxea pauciradiata (Blainville, 1830)
  10. Species Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt, 1990
  11. Species Galaxea vesiculosa Latypov, 2014
  12. Species Galaxea anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Galaxea anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Galaxea anthophyllum (Esper, 1789) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Galaxea aspera Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Species Galaxea caryophyllites Krüger, 1823 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Galaxea clava (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Galaxea clavus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Galaxea colamnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Galaxea columnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
  21. Species Galaxea cuspidata (Esper, 1789) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Galaxea cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Galaxea eburnea Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Galaxea ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Galaxea esperi (Schweigger, 1820) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Galaxea fragilis Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Galaxea heterocyathus Ortmann, 1889 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  29. Species Galaxea hystrix Dana, 1846 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Galaxea irregularis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Galaxea laperousiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Galaxea laticostata Nemenzo (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  33. Species Galaxea lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Galaxea musicalis (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  35. Species Galaxea negrensis Nemenzo, 1979 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Galaxea prolifera Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  37. Species Galaxea quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Galaxea susanae Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Galaxea tenella Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Galaxea aequalis Bassett-Smith, 1890 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Galaxea bougainvillei (Blainville, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Galaxea explanata Quelch, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  43. Species Galaxea laevis Brüggemann, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  44. Species Galaxea laperouseana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Galaxea laperouseanea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, wrong spelling)
  46. Species Galaxea longissima (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  47. Species Galaxea organum (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a...  
Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a blistery coenosteum. Columellae are weak or absent. Septa are very exsert. Polyps are sometimes extended during the day (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Galaxea Oken, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205332 on 2024-10-03
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-09-08 13:36:39Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2014-07-07 13:52:37Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2019-10-07 21:25:33Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2021-04-28 09:53:57Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-15 06:23:49Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Mémoire sur les polypiers appartenant a aux groups naturels des zoanthaires perforés es des zoanthaires tabulés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 29: 257-263. [details]   

original description  (of Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [details]   

original description  (of Acrohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]   

original description  (of Organites Link, 1807 †) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details]   

taxonomy source Kitano YF, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Shirayama Y, Wallace CC, Fukami H. (2014). A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e98406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098406 [details]   

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

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]   

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]   

additional source Arrigoni, R., Stolarski, J., Terraneo, T.I., Hoeksema, B.W., Berumen, M.L., Payri, C., Montano, S., Benzoni, F. (2023). Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the scleractinian coral family Euphylliidae. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 92 (2): 130-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10041 [details]   

status source Potts DC. (1995). Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52: 142-147. [details]   

status source ICZN. (2004). Opinion 2061 (Case 2900) Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 61: 51-53., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-80457 [details]   
 
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Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a blistery coenosteum. Columellae are weak or absent. Septa are very exsert. Polyps are sometimes extended during the day (Veron, 1986). [details]

Remark Type species: Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (Veron, 1986). [details]
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LanguageName 
English starburst coral [from synonym]crystal coral [from synonym]bush coral [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese アザミサンゴ属アザミサンゴ [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galaxea) (from synonym Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Galaxea) 
To Genbank (from synonym Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To ITIS
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Syntype of Oculina horrescens Dana
Syntype of Oculina horrescens Dana
Image from synonym
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Galaxea fascicularis BristleCoral1 DMS
Galaxea fascicularis BristleCoral1 DMS
Image from typetaxon
Galexea fascicularis BristleCoral closeUp DMS
Galexea fascicularis BristleCoral closeUp DMS
Image from typetaxon
Galexea fascicularis BristleCoral DMS
Galexea fascicularis BristleCoral DMS
Image from typetaxon
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