Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Dana, J. D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Scleractinia

family

Merulinidae

genus

Caulastraea

species

Caulastraea furcata

Name

Synonyms

Caulastraea distorta Dana, 1846

Caulastrea distorta Dana, 1846

Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846

Homonyms

Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846

Common names

Finger coral in language.

finger coral in English

finger coral in English

ネジレタバネサンゴ in Japanese

finger coral in English

ネジレタバネサンゴ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
2. Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46.
3. Dana, J. D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
4. 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.
5. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (2009 onwards) Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
6. van der Land, J. (ed) (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)