WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Goniastrea deformis Veron, 1990) Veron JEN. (1990). New Scleractinia from Japan and other Indo-West Pacific countries. <em>Galaxea.</em> 9: 95-173. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
new combination reference
Huang, D.; Benzoni, F.; Arrigoni, R.; Baird, A. H.; Berumen, M. L.; Bouwmeester, J.; Chou, L. M.; Fukami, H.; Licuanan, W. Y.; Lovell, E. R.; Meier, R.; Todd, P. A.; Budd, A. F. (2014). Towards a phylogenetic classification of reef corals: the Indo-Pacific genera Merulina , Goniastrea and Scapophyllia (Scleractinia, Merulinidae). <i>Zoologica Scripta</i>. 43: 531-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12061 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology Zooxanthellate [details]
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English |
lesser star coral [from synonym] |
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Japanese |
ミダレカメノコキクメイシ |
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