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WoRMS taxon details

Pleuractis Verrill, 1864

AphiaID

716543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716543)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Fungia paumotensis Stutchbury, 1833 accepted as Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Fungiidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Pleuractis Verrill, 1864

Synonymised names

Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Fungia (Wellsofungia) Hoeksema, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Pleuractis alta (Nemenzo, 1983)
Species Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
Species Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955)
Species Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919)
Species Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833)
Species Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)
Species Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema & Dai, 1991)
Species Pleuractis scutaria Verrill, 1864 accepted as Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Pleuractis Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716543 on 2026-01-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-01-24 17:30:43Z

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2019-10-08 16:41:51Z

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2022-06-13 16:24:44Z

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Nomenclature

original description (of Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]

original description (of Fungia (Wellsofungia) Hoeksema, 1989) Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]

Other

additional source Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contributions to Zoology. 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]

additional source Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London. 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details]