WoRMS taxon details
Galaxea Oken, 1815
205332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205332)
accepted
Genus
Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
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
- Species Galaxea acrhelia Veron, 2000
- Species Galaxea alta Nemenzo, 1979
- Species Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Galaxea cryptoramosa Fenner & Veron, 2000
- Species Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Galaxea horrescens (Dana, 1846)
- Species Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2000
- Species Galaxea pauciradiata (Blainville, 1830)
- Species Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt, 1990
- Species Galaxea anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Galaxea anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea anthophyllum (Esper, 1789) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea aspera Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea caryophyllites Krüger, 1823 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea clava (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea clavus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea colamnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea columnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Galaxea cuspidata (Esper, 1789) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Galaxea eburnea Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea esperi (Schweigger, 1820) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea fragilis Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea heterocyathus Ortmann, 1889 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Galaxea hystrix Dana, 1846 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea irregularis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea laperousiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea laticostata Nemenzo (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Galaxea lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea musicalis (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Galaxea negrensis Nemenzo, 1979 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea prolifera Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Galaxea quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea susanae Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea tenella Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Galaxea vesiculosa Latypov, 2011 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Galaxea aequalis Bassett-Smith, 1890 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Galaxea bougainvillei (Blainville, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Galaxea explanata Quelch, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Galaxea laevis Brüggemann, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Galaxea laperouseana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Galaxea laperouseanea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, wrong spelling)
- Species Galaxea longissima (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- 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 http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ [details] 
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 2024-04-24
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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 http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ [details]
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. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. <em>Adlers Erben.</em> 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38., 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]
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. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. <em>Adlers Erben.</em> 1 Abt. [Part 1], pp. 1-50; 2 Abt. [Part 2], pp. 51-100; 3 Abt. [Part 3], pp. 101-165; Abt. 4 [Part 4],pp. 1-30; Abt. 5 [Part 5], pp. 1-38 [1808]; Abt. 6 [Part 6], pp. 1-38., 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) (from synonym Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank (from synonym Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) (from synonym Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank (from synonym Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
To ITIS
