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Millepora Linnaeus, 1758

Millepora alcicornis, source Wikipedia
Millepora alcicornis, source Wikipedia

205902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205902)

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Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Palmipora de Blainville, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
    1. Subspecies Millepora alcicornis crustacea Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym and invalid junior homonym of Millepora crustacea Linnaeus, 1758)
    2. Forma Millepora alcicornis f. complanata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (changed combination)
    3. Forma Millepora alcicornis f. compressa Linnaeus, 1758 (name suppressed by ICZN)
    4. Forma Millepora alcicornis f. dichotoma (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 (changed combination)
    5. Forma Millepora alcicornis f. tortuosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949 (synonymy)
    6. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. cellulosa Verrill, 1868 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
    7. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. corniculata Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
    8. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. digitata Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
    9. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. fenestrata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonymy)
    10. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. nodosa Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
    11. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. plicata Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > misapplication)
    12. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. ramosa Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
    13. Variety Millepora alcicornis var. squarrosa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816
  2. Species Millepora boschmai De Weerdt & Glynn, 1991
  3. Species Millepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868
  4. Species Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816
  5. Species Millepora cylindrica Reuss, 1868 †
  6. Species Millepora dalmatina Oppenheim, 1901 †
  7. Species Millepora damesi (Felix, 1884) †
  8. Species Millepora depauperata Reuss, 1864 †
  9. Species Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775
  10. Species Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775
    1. Variety Millepora exaesa var. incrustans Klunzinger, 1877 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)
  11. Species Millepora fittoni Woodward, 1830 †
  12. Species Millepora foveolata Crossland, 1952
  13. Species Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860
    1. Forma Millepora intricata f. murrayi Quelch, 1884 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (synonymy)
  14. Species Millepora laboreli Amaral, 2008
  15. Species Millepora latifolia Boschma, 1948
  16. Species Millepora nitida Verrill, 1868
  17. Species Millepora nodulosa Nemenzo, 1984
  18. Species Millepora parasitica Catullo, 1857 †
  19. Species Millepora parva Nielsen, 1919 †
  20. Species Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
    1. Variety Millepora platyphylla var. truncata Dana, 1846 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834
    2. Variety Millepora platyphylla var. verrucosa Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonymy)
  21. Species Millepora ramea Catullo, 1857 †
  22. Species Millepora reussi Kühn, 1927 †
  23. Species Millepora samueli (d'Archiac, 1850) †
  24. Species Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816
    1. Subspecies Millepora squarrosa incrassata Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Millepora striata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  26. Species Millepora subpirenaica Altuna, Alvarez-Perez, Busquets & Etayo, 2007 †
  27. Species Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949
  28. Species Millepora tornquisti Boschma, 1951 † (accepted > nomen novum)
  29. Species Millepora verrucosa Reuss, 1868 †
  30. Species Millepora cellulosa Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, considered to be unrecognisable)
  31. Species Millepora conglomerata Forsskål, 1775 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  32. Species Millepora crustacea Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unrecognisable)
  33. Species Millepora gilberti Woodward, 1830 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  34. Species Millepora globularis Phillips, 1829 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  35. Species Millepora gracilis Phillips, 1841 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  36. Species Millepora informis Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium, used for algae)
  37. Species Millepora interporosa Phillips, 1836 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  38. Species Millepora lineata Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  39. Species Millepora oculata Phillips, 1836 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  40. Species Millepora ramosa Woodward, 1830 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Millepora reticulata Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Millepora rhombifera Phillips, 1836 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  43. Species Millepora similis Phillips, 1841 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  44. Species Millepora straminea Phillips, 1829 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Millepora tenella Esper, 1795 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  46. Species Millepora undulosa Tenison-Woods, 1879 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  47. Subgenus Millepora (Pustulopora) de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Pustulopora de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Millepora (Pustulopora) oculata Phillips, 1836 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    2. Species Millepora (Pustulopora) spicularis Phillips, 1836 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  48. Species Millepora agariciformis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  49. Species Millepora alga Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  50. Species Millepora aspera Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Errina aspera (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  51. Species Millepora byssoides (Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Lithophyllum byssoides (Lamarck) Foslie, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
    1. Variety Millepora byssoides var. fasciculus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  52. Species Millepora calcarea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  53. Species Millepora cancellata Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Millepora candida Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Millepora carthaginiensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Species Millepora cellulata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Species Millepora cellulosa Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Reteporella cellulosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  58. Species Millepora cervicornis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Smittina cervicornis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  59. Species Millepora clavaria Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Millepora coerulea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  61. Species Millepora compressa Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, name suppressed by ICZN)
  62. Species Millepora compressa Sowerby, 1806 accepted as Porella compressa (J. Sowerby, 1805) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  63. Species Millepora confertissima Quelch, 1886 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Species Millepora coriacea Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (unaccepted > misapplication, used for algae)
  65. Species Millepora cristagalli Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior homonym, synonym)
  66. Species Millepora cruzi Nemenzo, 1975 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  67. Species Millepora cylindrica Tornquist, 1905 † accepted as Millepora tornquisti Boschma, 1951 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  68. Species Millepora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  69. Species Millepora decussata J.Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Lithophyllum decussatum (J.Ellis & Solander) Philippi, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  70. Species Millepora delicatula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Species Millepora digitata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Species Millepora ehrenbergi Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  73. Species Millepora esperi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Species Millepora fasciculata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamarck) Foslie, 1898 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  75. Species Millepora faveolata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  76. Species Millepora fenestrata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Species Millepora foliacea Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Pentapora fascialis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  78. Species Millepora folliata Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  79. Species Millepora foraminosa Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Reteporella cellulosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  80. Species Millepora forskali Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  81. Species Millepora globularis Catullo, 1857 † accepted as Polytremacis bellardii Haime in Bellardi, 1852 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  82. Species Millepora gonagra Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  83. Species Millepora gothica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  84. Species Millepora incrassata Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  85. Species Millepora insignis Verrill, 1864 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  86. Species Millepora lichenoides Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hornera lichenoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  87. Species Millepora lichenoides (J.Ellis) J.Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  88. Species Millepora liliacea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tubulipora liliacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  89. Species Millepora mamillosa d'Archiardi, 1867 † accepted as Axopora solanderi (Defrance, 1826) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Species Millepora mammilosa d'Achiardi, 1867 † accepted as Axopora mammilosa (d'Achiardi, 1867) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  91. Species Millepora miniacea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Miniacina miniacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  92. Species Millepora moniliformis Dana, 1848 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior homonym, synonym)
  93. Species Millepora muricata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  94. Species Millepora murrayi Quelch, 1884 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, possible synonym)
  95. Species Millepora nodosa Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Millepora norvegica Gunnerus, 1768 accepted as Stylaster norvegicus (Gunnerus, 1768) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  97. Species Millepora plicata (Esper, 1790) accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > misapplication)
  98. Species Millepora polymorpha Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin ex Woelkering & L.M.Irvine, 1986 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
    1. Variety Millepora polymorpha var. globosa Esper, 1789 accepted as Lithothamnion album Heydrich, 1897 (unaccepted > misapplication, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
    2. Variety Millepora polymorpha var. ramosa Esper, 1789 accepted as Lithothamnion esperi Heydrich, 1897 (unaccepted > misapplication, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  99. Species Millepora porulosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  100. Species Millepora pumicosa Pallas, 1766 accepted as Cellepora pumicosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  101. Species Millepora pumila Dana, 1848 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior homonym, synonym)
  102. Species Millepora racemus Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie, 1901 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  103. Species Millepora ramosa Esper, 1790 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Species Millepora repens Lonsdale, 1839 † accepted as Alveolites repens (Lonsdale, 1839) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  105. Species Millepora reticularis Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Species Millepora reticulum Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Conopeum reticulum (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  107. Species Millepora rubra Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Homotrema rubrum (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  108. Species Millepora rugosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  109. Species Millepora sancta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  110. Species Millepora schrammi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  111. Species Millepora skenei Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Palmiskenea skenei (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  112. Species Millepora spicularis Phillips, 1836 † accepted as Millepora (Pustulopora) spicularis Phillips, 1836 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  113. Species Millepora tenella Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  114. Species Millepora tortuosa Dana, 1848 accepted as Millepora tenera Boschma, 1949 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  115. Species Millepora tortuosa Esper, 1797 accepted as Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Me.Lemoine, 1910 (unaccepted > superseded combination, the name of the hydrocoral genus Millepora has erroneously been used for algae)
  116. Species Millepora trinitatis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Species Millepora truncata Pallas, 1766 accepted as Myriapora truncata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  118. Species Millepora truncata Jameson, 1811 accepted as Domopora truncata (Jameson, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  119. Species Millepora truncata Dana, 1846 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  120. Species Millepora tuberculata Duchassaing, 1850 accepted as Millepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  121. Species Millepora tuberculosa Milne Edwards, 1857 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  122. Species Millepora tuberosa Boschma, 1966 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  123. Species Millepora verrucosa Milne Edwards, 1860 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  124. Species Millepora violacea Pallas, 1766 accepted as Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  125. Species Millepora xishaensis Zou, 1978 accepted as Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 790 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Hydrozoa (2026). Millepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205902 on 2026-08-05
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
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Schuchert, Peter
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Schuchert, Peter
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Schuchert, Peter
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 790 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Palmipora de Blainville, 1834) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie. <em>F.G. Levroult. Paris: Strasbourg.</em> 1-2: 1-644, pls. I-C., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9680581 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Calder, D. R. (1988). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda. The Athecatae. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions.</em> 148: 1-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Amaral, F. D., Hudson, M. M., Steiner, A. Q., & Ramos, C. A. C. 2007. Corals and calcified hydroids of the Manuel Luiz Marine State Park (State of Maranhao, northeast Brazil). Biota Neotropica 7: 73-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032007000300008
page(s): 2, 3, 4, 7 [details] 

additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403., available online at https://doi.org/10.5575/geosoc.42.379
page(s): 401 [details] 

additional source Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 402 [details] 

additional source Doumenc, D. A. (1973). Notes sur les actinies de Polynésie Française. Cahiers du Pacifique, (17): 173-204
page(s): 177 [details] 

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 120 [details] OpenAccess publication

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): 48 [details] 

additional source Sheppard, C. R. C.; Sheppard, A. L. S. (1985). The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 17-36
page(s): 27 [details] 

additional source Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T.; Tsukahara, J. (2006). Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa:Hexacorallia). Phycological Research, 54, 122-132, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00419.x
page(s): 125 [details] 

redescription Razak, T.B. & B.W. Hoeksema, 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 313-336. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Diagnosis Hydroid colony forming massive, calcareous exoskeleton (= coenosteum) of varied shape; coenosteum with an internal complex network of coenosarcal tubes and covered externally by a thin ectodermal layer, coenosteal surface perforated by pores; margins of pores not protruding from surface of coenosteum; large gastropores surrounded by smaller dactylopores, forming indistinct cyclosystems; no gastrostyles and dactylostyles; polyps polymorphic; gastrozooids relatively short and stout, with an oral whorl of 4 to 7 short capitate tentacles, arising from gastropores; dactylozooids long, slender, mouthless, with scattered capitate tentacles, arising from dactylopores; cnidome with macrobasic mastigophores; gonophores arising from coenosarc within ampullae embedded in the coenosteum.
Gonophore are free swimming eumedusoids with exumbrellar cnidocyst patches, narrow velum, radial and circular canals, ‘gonads’ occupying the place of an indistinct manubrium and without tentacles and sense organs.
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