African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

WoRMS name details

Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

AphiaID

216156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216156)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Caeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Parent

Meandrina Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786

Environment

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

Original description

(of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216156 on 2025-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-09-13 09:47:56Z

created

Govaerts, Ann

2000-09-28 07:24:50Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2013-02-06 17:41:18Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2014-03-16 13:26:33Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2014-05-29 09:17:28Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-22 11:26:26Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]

basis of record MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]

new combination reference 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): 246 [details]

Other

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

additional source Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1890). Report on the corals from Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, China Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History,.</em> 6(35): 353-374, 443-458, pls. 12-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694050
page(s): 358, 370 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Nontype BMNH, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Unreviewed

Remark Placed in family Trochosmiliidae in Macnae & Kalk (1958). [details]