Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms: Millepora aclicornis Linnaeus, 1758; Millepora alcicornis crustacea Esper, 1790; Millepora alcicornis var. cellulosa Verrill, 1868; Millepora alcicornis var. corniculata Esper, 1790; Millepora alcicornis var. digitata Esper, 1790; Millepora alcicornis var. fenestrata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora alcicornis var. ramosa Esper, 1790; Millepora candida Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora carthaginiensis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora cristagalli Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora delicatula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora digitata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora esperi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora fenestrata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864; Millepora forskali Milne Edwards, 1860; Millepora gothica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860; Millepora moniliformis Dana, 1848; Millepora parasitica Duchassaing, 1850; Millepora pumila Dana, 1848; Millepora ramosa Esper, 1790
Homonyms: Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Corail de feu branchu in French; Coral de Fuego in Spanish; Corallo di fuoco dei Caraibi in Italian; Fire coral in language.; Sea Ginger in English; Verzweigte Feuerkoralle in German; Verzweigte Feuerkoralle in German; branching fire coral in English; branching fire coral in English; coral-de-fogo in Portuguese; fire coral in English; fire coral in English; fire coral in English; fire coral in English; fire coral in language.; Šakotoji ugninukė in Lithuanian; žahavka parožnatá in Czech; Branching Fire Coral in English; Branching Fire Coral in English; Coral de Fuego in Spanish; Sea Ginger in English; Verzweigte Feuerkoralle in German; branching fire coral in English; fire coral in English

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