Marine Species Traits - Micromussa multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985)

URMO taxon details

Micromussa multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985)

AphiaID

886930 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:886930)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Micromussa Veron, 2000

Original name

Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985

Synonymised names

Montastraea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Phymastrea multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Hodgson G (1985) A new species of Montastrea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the Philippines. Pacific Science 39: 283-290 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Micromussa multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886930 on 2025-03-02

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Micromussa multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886930 on 2025-03-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-10-01 11:45:10Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-27 18:23:26Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Montastraea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985) Hodgson G (1985) A new species of Montastrea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the Philippines. Pacific Science 39: 283-290 [details]

original description (of ) Hodgson G (1985) A new species of Montastrea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the Philippines. Pacific Science 39: 283-290 [details]

additional source Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details]

additional source Ryanskiy, A. (2024). Life on the reef: corals, sea squirts, sponges, Bryozoa, comb jellies, marine plants. Reef ID Books. Self-Published. [details]

new combination reference Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Huang D, Fukami H, Chen CA, Berumen ML, Hoogenboom M, Thomson DP, Hoeksema BW, Budd AF, Zayasu Y, Terraneo TI, Kitano YF, Baird AH. (2016). When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 85 (4): 387-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08504002 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	false knob coral [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Phymastrea multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Montastraea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromussa multipunctata)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Montastraea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Phymastrea multipunctata (Hodgson, 1985))
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)