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Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Ridley, S. O. (1881). Madreporaria. Report on a collection made by Mr. T. Conry in Ascension Island. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser 5), 8: 438–440. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=170058
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia
family
Faviidae
genus
Favia
species
Favia gravida

Name

Homonyms
Platygyra ascensionis Ridley, 1881

Bibliographic References

  1. Hoeksema BW, Wirtz P. (2013). Over 130 years of survival by a small, isolated population of Favia gravida corals at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Coral Reefs.</em> 32(2): 551. 10.1007/s00338-012-1002-0
  2. Hoeksema, B. W. (2012). Extreme morphological plasticity enables a free mode of life in Favia gravida at Ascension Island (South Atlantic). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 42(2): 289-295. 10.1007/s12526-011-0106-z
  3. Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72.
  4. Ridley, S.O. (1881). Madreporaria. Report on a collection made by Mr. T. Conry in Ascension Island. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser 5).</em> 8: 438–440.
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