WoRMS taxon details
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971
207466 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207466)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Fissicella) parvistella Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Astrea parvistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Dipsastraea solida (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Dipsastrea solida (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastraea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Goniastraea retiformis var. parvistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastrea capitata Studer, 1880 · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastrea retiformis var. parvistella (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastrea retiformis var. solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
Goniastrea solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted (but possible senior synonym?)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Goniastraea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [details]
Note Seychelles Islands (Veron, 1986).
From other sources
Type locality Seychelles Islands (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description Colonies are massive or columnar. Calices are 3-7 mm in diameter and angular. Septa are irregular in length and taper from...
Description Colonies are massive or columnar. Calices are 3-7 mm in diameter and angular. Septa are irregular in length and taper from the wall into the columella, which is small. Paliform lobes are thick. Colour: cream or brown. Abundance: common in subtidal communities where colonies frequently exceed 1 m in diameter. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207466 on 2024-08-16
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original description
(of Goniastrea solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details]
original description (of Goniastrea capitata Studer, 1880) Studer, T. (1880). Beitrag zur Fauna der Steinkorallen von Singapore. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 979: 15-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12090774 [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) parvistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Goniastraea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [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 Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 29, 104 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 161 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Foidart, J. (1972). Revision de l'holotype de Goniastrea parvistella (Dana). Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 102, 35-45
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Goniastrea capitata Studer, 1880) Studer, T. (1880). Beitrag zur Fauna der Steinkorallen von Singapore. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 979: 15-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12090774 [details]
original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) parvistella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
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original description (of Goniastraea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971) Chevalier JP (1971) Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie 5: 1-307, pls. 1-38. Paris. [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 Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 29, 104 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 161 [details]
additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Foidart, J. (1972). Revision de l'holotype de Goniastrea parvistella (Dana). Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 102, 35-45
page(s): 43 [details]
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Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 39180, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 39188, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48684, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48708, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48711, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48735, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 49708, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 49715, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50732, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 50780, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 211-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 265-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 266-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 267-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 321-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 439-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 495-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 577-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 617-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 63-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 829-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are massive or columnar. Calices are 3-7 mm in diameter and angular. Septa are irregular in length and taper from the wall into the columella, which is small. Paliform lobes are thick. Colour: cream or brown. Abundance: common in subtidal communities where colonies frequently exceed 1 m in diameter. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]Type locality Seychelles Islands (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniastrea edwardsi)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE67closeup) (from synonym Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea solida Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniastrea edwardsi)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZCOE67closeup) (from synonym Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Astraea parvistella Dana, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (15 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Goniastrea parvistella (Dana, 1846))
To ITIS