UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1846)

WoRMS taxon details

Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1846)

AphiaID

287850 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287850)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

Orig. name

Astraea (Fissicella) rigida Dana, 1846

Synonymised names

Astraea (Fissicella) rigida Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Astraea rigida Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Astrea rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Isophyllastraea rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Isophyllastrea rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Isophyllia sinuosa f. rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mussa (Isophyllia) dipsacea var. aster Verrill, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mussa (Symphyllia) annectens Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Mussa (Symphyllia) rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Mussa annectens Verrill, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Prionastraea rigida (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Astraea (Fissicella) rigida Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Astraea rigida Dana, 1846) YPM 4297,...

Holotype (of Astraea rigida Dana, 1846) YPM 4297, verbatimGeounit "West Indies" (Dana,... [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287850 on 2024-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2013-09-09 23:02:59Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2018-07-14 14:58:55Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2020-06-28 17:27:59Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-09-04 14:34:11Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-07-23 14:16:47Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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original description (of Mussa (Symphyllia) annectens Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35. [details]

original description (of Astraea (Fissicella) rigida Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]

original description (of Mussa (Isophyllia) dipsacea var. aster Verrill, 1907) Verrill, A.E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands. Part IV. Geology and paleontology, and part V. An account of the coral reefs. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 12: 45-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14214322 [details]

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

basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]

additional source Brüggemann, F. (1877). Notes on the stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. III. A revision of the Recent solitary Mussaceae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4. 20: 300-313.
page(s): 312 [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

additional source Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 63-168.
page(s): 128 [details]

additional source Budd AF, Woodell JD, Huang D, Klaus JS. (2019). Evolution of the Caribbean subfamily Mussinae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae): transitions between solitary and colonial forms. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17(18): 1581-1616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1541932 [details]

additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
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additional source Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm
page(s): 83, 198 [details]

new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]