Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, & Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166 (3): 465–529. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Scleractinia
- family
- Merulinidae
- genus
- Orbicella
- species
- Orbicella faveolata
Name
- Synonyms
- Madrepora faveolata Ellis & Solander, 1786
- Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Montastrea faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Homonyms
- Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Common names
- Corail étoile massif in French
- Boulder star coral in English
- Mountainous Star Coral in English
- Corail-étoilé à Bosses in French
- Coral Estrella Montaña in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529.
- 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.
- Verrill A. E. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168.