Scleractinia name details

Astraea cellulosa Verrill, 1872

765541  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765541)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Merulinidae (Family)
  9. Astraea (Genus)
  10. Astraea cellulosa (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astraea cellulosa Verrill, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765541 on 2026-04-07
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2014-06-18 18:03:29Z
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original description Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60631 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 77) 

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