WoRMS name details
Herpetolithus Leuckart, 1841
717252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717252)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Species Herpetolithus crassus Dana, 1846 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus ehrenbergii (Leuckart, 1841) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus foliosus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus interruptus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus limacinus (Lamarck, 1801) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus ruppelii Leuckart, 1841 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Species Herpetolithus stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus strictus Dana, 1846 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus ehrenbergii (Leuckart, 1841) accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus foliosus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus interruptus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus limacinus (Lamarck, 1801) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus ruppelii Leuckart, 1841 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Species Herpetolithus stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Herpetolithus strictus Dana, 1846 accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Herpetolithus Leuckart, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717252 on 2023-03-30
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Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
