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Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2000

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Veron JEN. Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. (2000).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Euphylliidae
genus
Galaxea
species
Galaxea longisepta

Name

Homonyms
Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2000
Common names
Octopus coral in language.
octopus coral in English
octopus coral in English
octopus coral in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Cairns SD, Hoeksema BW, van der Land J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
  2. ICZN (2011) Coral taxon names published in ‘Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Article 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 162-166.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2011). Coral taxon names published in 'Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Art. 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 68, 3
  4. Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em>
  5. Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
  6. 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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