Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Forsskål, P., & Niebuhr, C. (1775). Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium / quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]:ex officina Mölleri.[alternative spelling Forskål is also correct]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2154

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Cnidaria: class
Hydrozoa: order
Anthoathecata: family
Milleporidae: genus
Millepora: species
Millepora dichotoma

Name

Synonyms: Millepora alcicornis f. dichotoma (Forsskål, 1775); Millepora cancellata Ehrenberg, 1834; Millepora clavaria Ehrenberg, 1834; Millepora reticularis Milne Edwards, 1860
Homonyms: Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775
Common names: Corail de feu ramifié in French; Corallo di fuoco ramificato in Italian; Fire Coral in English; Net Fire Coral in English; Netz-Feuerkoralle in German; Netz-Feuerkoralle in German; ramified fire coral in English; ramified fire coral in English; reticulated fire coral in English; reticulated fire coral in English; žahavka rozvětvená in Czech; 兩叉千孔珊瑚 in Chinese; Fire Coral in English; Netz-Feuerkoralle in German; ramified fire coral in English; reticulated fire coral in English

Bibliographic References

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