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 superseded combination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 2024-03-29
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1997-01-31 16:37:49Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2014-03-15 23:02:09Z
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2021-04-28 05:39:27Z
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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  PDF available [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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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]
LanguageName 
English lesser star coral  [details]
Japanese ヒラカメノコキクメイシ  [details]