WoRMS taxon details
Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890
267605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267605)
accepted
Genus
Mussa hartii Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) (type by original designation)
Protomussa Matthai, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868)
Species Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868)
Species Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901)
Species Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)
Species Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868)
Species Mussismilia hispida (Verrill, 1901)
Species Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig.</em> 50: 278–316. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Mussismilia Ortmann, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267605 on 2023-02-09
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original description
Ortmann, A. E. (1890). Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig.</em> 50: 278–316. [details]
original description (of Protomussa Matthai, 1928) Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
original description (of Protomussa Matthai, 1928) Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
Present From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | flower coral | [details] |
