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Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Wijsman-Best, M. (1977). Indo-Pacific coral species belonging to the subfamily Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells. Scleractinia-Coelenterata) Part I. the Genera Montastrea and Plesiastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 52: 81–97. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=175722

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Plesiastreidae
genus
Plesiastrea
species
Plesiastrea versipora

Name

Synonyms
Astraea versipora Lamarck, 1816
Astrea versipora Lamarck, 1816
Favia versipora (Lamarck, 1816)
Montastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816)
Orbicella versipora (Lamarck, 1816)
Plesiastraea quatrefagesana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Plesiastraea urvillei Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Plesiastrea mammillosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
Plesiastrea proximans Dennant, 1904
Plesiastrea quatrefagesana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Plesiastrea quatrefagiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Plesiastrea urveilli Edwards & Haime, 1849
Plesiastrea urvillii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Homonyms
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck, 1816)
Common names
Small knob coral in language.
small knob coral in English
small knob coral in English
コマルキクメイシ in Japanese
small knob coral in English
コマルキクメイシ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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  2. Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
  3. Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101.
  4. Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
  5. Goulet, T. L.; Cook, C. B.; Goulet, D. (2005). Effect of short-term exposure to elevated temperatures and light levels on photosynthesis of different host-symbiont combinations in the Aiptasia pallidal Symbiodinium symbiosis. Limnol. Oceanogr., 50(5): 1490-1498
  6. Juszkiewicz DJ, White NE, Stolarski J, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Hoeksema BW, Wilson NG, Bunce M, Richards ZT. (2022). Phylogeography of recent Plesiastrea (Scleractinia: Plesiastreidae) based on an integrated taxonomic approach. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 172: 107469. 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107469
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  9. Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197.
  10. Muller Parker, G.; Pierce-Cravens, J.; Bingham, B. L. (2007). Broad thermal tolerance of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium muscatinei (Dinophyta) in the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Cnidaria) from northern latitudes. Journal of Phycology, 43, 1, 25-31
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  12. Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
  13. Pillai CSG, Scheer G (1976) Report on the stony corals from the Maldive Archipelago. Results of the Xarifa Expedition 1957/58. Zoologica, Stuttgart 43 (126): 1-83, pls. 1-32.
  14. Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216.
  15. Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
  16. Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em>
  17. Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
  18. Reimer, J. D.; Ono, S.; Tsukahara, J.; Takishita, K.; Maruyama, T. (2007). Non-seasonal clade-specificity and subclade microvariation in symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) at Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Phycological Research, 55, 58-65
  19. Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Maruyama, T. (2006). Molecular identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) from Palythoa spp. (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia) in Japan. Coral Reefs, 25, 521-527
  20. Reimer, J. D.; Takishita, K.; Ono, S.; Maruyama, T.; Tsukahara, J. (2006). Latitudinal and intracolony ITS-rDNA sequence variation in the symbiotic dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) in Zoanthus sansibaricus (Anthozoa:Hexacorallia). Phycological Research, 54, 122-132
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