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Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Merulinidae
genus
Goniastrea
species
Goniastrea retiformis

Name

Synonyms
Astraea eximia Dana, 1846
Astraea retiformis Lamarck, 1816
Astraea spongia Ehrenberg, 1834
Astrea eximia (Dana, 1846)
Astrea retiformis Lamarck, 1816
Astrea spongia (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Goniastraea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Goniastraea retiformis var. bournoni (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Goniastrea bournoni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Goniastrea eximia (Dana, 1846)
Homonyms
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Common names
Lesser star coral in language.
lesser star coral in English
lesser star coral in English
コモンキクメイシ in Japanese
lesser star coral in English
コモンキクメイシ 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, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
  4. Cornish, A. S.; DiDonato, E. M. (2004). Resurvey of a reef flat in American Samoa after 85 years reveals devastation to a soft coral (Alcyonacea) community. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 48, 768-777
  5. Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
  6. Duncan PM. (1889). On the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 21: 1-25.
  7. Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
  8. Foidart, J. (1970). Rapport scientifique de l'Expédition Belge a la Grande Barrière d'Australie en 1967. Madrépores : I. Étude morphologique et systématique comparée de Goniastrea retiformis (Lam.) et Goniastrea parvistella (Dana). Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 100, 85-114
  9. Foidart, J. (1970). Rapport scientifique de l'Expédition Belge a la Grande Barrière d'Australie en 1967. Madrépores: II. Variations morphologiques intracoloniaires et altérations du squelette coralliaire. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 100, 115-128
  10. Foidart, J. (1970). Rapport scientifique de l'Expédition Belge a la Grande Barrière d'Australie en 1967. Madrépores: III. Étude de Goniastrea sp. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 101(4): 293-315
  11. Foidart, J. (1972). Revision de l'holotype de Goniastrea parvistella (Dana). Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique, 102, 35-45
  12. Hoffmeister, J.E. (1925). Some corals from America Samoa and the Fiji Islands. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 22: 1-90, pls. 1-23.
  13. Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355.
  14. 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>
  15. Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
  16. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  17. Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  18. Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED
  19. Maragos, J. E.; Schmerfeld, J. (2004). Coral survey from Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1998-2004 [Table 3]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
  20. Matthai G (1924) Report on the madreporarian corals in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 8: 1-59.
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