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Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Dataset
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Peters EC, Cairns SD, Pilson MEQ, Wells JW, Jaap WC, Lang JC, Vasleski CE, St. Pierre Gollahan P. Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101(2): 234-250, pl. 1 (1988).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Rhizangiidae
genus
Astrangia
species
Astrangia poculata

Name

Synonyms
Astrangia astraeiformis
Astrangia astreiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Astrangia danae Agassiz, 1850
Astrangia danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Astrangia edwardsii Verrill, 1866
Astrangia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Madrepora poculata Ellis & Solander, 1786
Homonyms
Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Common names
Northern star coral in language.
northern star coral in English
northern star coral in language.
northern star coral in English
northern star stony coral in English
nothern star coral in English
scléractiniaire du Nord in French
Northern Star Coral in English
northern star coral in English
northern star stony coral in English
nothern star coral in English
scléractiniaire du Nord in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Britton, J.C. & B. Morton, 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico : i-viii, 1-387.
  2. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
  3. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
  4. Cairns SD, Jaap WC, Lang JC. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347.
  5. Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235.
  6. Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  7. Cairns, S.D., Calder, D.R., A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock & D.M. Opresko, 2002. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Spec. Publ. Am. Fish. Soc. 28 : i-xi, 1-115.
  8. Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
  9. Dimond, J.; Carrington, E. (2007). Temporal variation in the symbiosis and growth of the temperate scleractinian coral Astrangia poculata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 348, 161-172
  10. Fenner, D.P. (1993). Species distinctions among several Caribbean stony corals. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 53, 1099-1116.
  11. Hoeksema, B. W., Roos, P. J., and Cadee, G. C. (2015). Corrigendum: Trans-Atlantic rafting by the brooding reef coral Favia fragum on man-made flotsam. <em>Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 445: 279.</em>
  12. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  13. Peters EC, Cairns SD, Pilson MEQ, Wells JW, Jaap WC, Lang JC, Vasleski CE, St. Pierre Gollahan P. (1988). Nomenclature and biology of Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 234-250, pl. 1.
  14. Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
  15. Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>
  16. Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume II: Families Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 2, pp. 429.
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