Scleractinia name details

Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819

1437940  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437940)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Faviidae (Family)
  9. Mussinae (Subfamily)
  10. Lithodendron (Genus)
  11. Lithodendron capitatum (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Schweigger AF. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen : anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen ; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend / von August Friedrich Schweigger. <em>Berlin.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50571414 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Lithodendron capitatum Schweigger, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437940 on 2026-05-13
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original description Schweigger AF. (1819). Beobachtungen auf naturhistorischen Reisen : anatomisch-physiologische Untersuchungen über Corallen ; nebst einem Anhange, Bemerkungen über den Bernstein enthaltend / von August Friedrich Schweigger. <em>Berlin.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50571414 [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

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