African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825

AfReMaS taxon details

Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825

AphiaID

205695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205695)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Fungiidae Dana, 1846

Orig. name

Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825

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Species Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792)
Species Herpolitha weberi (van der Horst, 1921) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. Isis von Oken. 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205695 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205695 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 14:17:27Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-18 15:57:33Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-22 10:22:55Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-08 16:41:51Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-10-19 10:35:41Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-14 09:41:15Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. Isis von Oken. 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188 [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. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contributions to Zoology. 80: 107-132., available online at https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ctoz/80/2/article-p107_2.xml [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [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 Pickett JW. (2010). Fossil corals of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Antarctica: bibliography and index. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 40: 1-189. [details]

additional source Weill, R., 1934. Contribution à l'étude des Cnidaires et de leurs nématocystes. II. Valeur taxonomique du cnidôme. Trav. Stn zool. Wimereux 11 : 349-701.
page(s): 357, 607, Fig. 416, 613, 616 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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