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Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
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. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=177367

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Cnidaria: class
Anthozoa: order
Scleractinia: family
Merulinidae: genus
Coelastrea: species
Coelastrea aspera

Name

Synonyms: Favies aspera (Verrill, 1866); Favites aspera (Verrill, 1866); Favites spectabilis (Verrill, 1872); Goniastrea aspera Verrill, 1866; Goniastrea spectabilis (Verrill, 1872); Prionastraea spectabilis Verrill, 1872; Prionastrea spectabilis (Verrill, 1872)
Homonyms: Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)
Common names: パリカメノコキクメイシ in Japanese; パリカメノコキクメイシ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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.
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>