Scleractinia name details

Madrepora tenuis (Moseley, 1881)

493786  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493786)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Madreporidae (Family)
  9. Madrepora (Genus)
  10. Madrepora tenuis (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophohelia tenuis Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora tenuis (Moseley, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493786 on 2026-05-04
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2010-08-08 07:18:22Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2020-07-31 08:21:44Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-07-19 08:14:13Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description (of Lophohelia tenuis Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Studer, T. (1880). Beitrag zur Fauna der Steinkorallen von Singapore. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 979: 15-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12090774
page(s): 22 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 

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