WoRMS name details
Goniastraea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
1520598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1520598)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. abditaxis Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. benhami Vaughan, 1917 accepted as Paragoniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. columella Crossland, 1948 accepted as Goniastrea columella Crossland, 1948 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. coronalis (Quelch, 1886) accepted as Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. favulus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. fragilis Chevalier, 1971 accepted as Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. planulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Goniastraea pectinata var. quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastraea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520598 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Astraea pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
basis of record Gravier C. (1911). Les récifs de coraux et les Madréporaires de la baie de Tadjourah (Golfe d'Aden). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 2 (3): 1-101, pls 1-12. [details]
new combination reference Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]
basis of record Gravier C. (1911). Les récifs de coraux et les Madréporaires de la baie de Tadjourah (Golfe d'Aden). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 2 (3): 1-101, pls 1-12. [details]
new combination reference Klunzinger CB. (1879). Die Korallthiere des Rothen Meeres, 3. Theil: Die Steinkorallen. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Asteraeaceen und Fungiaceen. 1-100, pls. 1-10. Gutmann, Berlin. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
page(s): 773 [details]
additional source Thiel, M.E. (1932). Madreporaria. Zugleich ein Versuch einer vergleichenden Oekologie der gefundenen Formen. Resultats scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. <em>Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 2(12): 1-177, pls. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
additional source Gardiner JS. (1905). Madreporaria III. Fungida IV. Turbinolidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 933-957, pls. 89-93.
page(s): 773 [details]
additional source Thiel, M.E. (1932). Madreporaria. Zugleich ein Versuch einer vergleichenden Oekologie der gefundenen Formen. Resultats scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. <em>Memoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 2(12): 1-177, pls. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
