WoRMS taxon details
Physogyra lichtensteini (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
207497 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207497)
accepted
Species
Physogyra aperta Quelch, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plerogyra lichtensteini 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]
Description Colonies are meandroid with short, widely separated valleys interconnected with a light blistery coenosteum. Septa are...
Description Colonies are meandroid with short, widely separated valleys interconnected with a light blistery coenosteum. Septa are large, imperforate. Columellae are absent. Polyps are extended only at night. During the day the whole colony surface is covered with a mass of vesicles the size and shape of grapes. These retract when disturbed. Colour: pale grey, sometimes dull green. Abundance: common in protected habitats, such as crevices and overhangs, especially in turbid water with tidal currents. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Similar to Plerogyra sinuosa, but vesicles are smaller. Corallites winding or meandering. Habitat: protected crevices, caves and under overhangs. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Similar to Plerogyra sinuosa, but vesicles are smaller. Corallites winding or meandering. Habitat: protected crevices, caves and under overhangs. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Physogyra lichtensteini (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207497 on 2024-04-24
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original description
(of Physogyra aperta Quelch, 1884) Quelch, J.J. 1884. Preliminary notice of new genera and species of Challenger reef-corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th Series 13: 292-297. [details]
original description (of Plerogyra lichtensteini 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]
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 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): 23 [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 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] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]
additional source Nemenzo F, CJ Ferraris (1982) Some scleractinian corals from the reefs of Cebu and Mactan Islands. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 11: 111-135.
page(s): 131-132, 133 [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): 33 [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): 32, 119 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 92-93 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 394, 471, pl. 178 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 8, 365, 366-370 [details]
additional source Jeyabaskaran, R. (2009). New records of corals from Lakshadweep islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 109, 1, 53-64
page(s): 54, 56, Plate 1 Fig 3 [details]
original description (of Plerogyra lichtensteini 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]
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 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): 23 [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 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] Available for editors
[request] additional source Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32. [details]
additional source Nemenzo F, CJ Ferraris (1982) Some scleractinian corals from the reefs of Cebu and Mactan Islands. Kalikasan: The Philippine Journal of Biology 11: 111-135.
page(s): 131-132, 133 [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): 33 [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): 32, 119 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
page(s): 92-93 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
page(s): 394, 471, pl. 178 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
page(s): 88 [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N.; Pichon, M. (1979). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia, part III: Families Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra., volume 4, pp. 422.
page(s): 8, 365, 366-370 [details]
additional source Jeyabaskaran, R. (2009). New records of corals from Lakshadweep islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 109, 1, 53-64
page(s): 54, 56, Plate 1 Fig 3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) IGPS 41993, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) IGPS 56664, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MSI 376-CC [details]
Nontype WAM 149-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 461-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 560-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 906-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]From other sources
Description Colonies are meandroid with short, widely separated valleys interconnected with a light blistery coenosteum. Septa are large, imperforate. Columellae are absent. Polyps are extended only at night. During the day the whole colony surface is covered with a mass of vesicles the size and shape of grapes. These retract when disturbed. Colour: pale grey, sometimes dull green. Abundance: common in protected habitats, such as crevices and overhangs, especially in turbid water with tidal currents. (Veron, 1986 <57>)Similar to Plerogyra sinuosa, but vesicles are smaller. Corallites winding or meandering. Habitat: protected crevices, caves and under overhangs. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Remark New combination in Sheppard, 1998. Type locality: "East Indies" (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Plerogyra lichtensteini Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
