Scleractinia name details

Orbicella ocellina (Dana, 1846)

1564006  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1564006)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Merulinidae (Family)
  9. Orbicella (Genus)
  10. Orbicella ocellina (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astraea (Orbicella) ocellina Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Orbicella ocellina (Dana, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1564006 on 2026-05-19
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2014-05-29 10:34:41Z
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Fautin, Daphne
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description (of Astraea (Orbicella) ocellina Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
page(s): 4, 218 [details] 

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