CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Cnidaria (phylum) » Anthozoa (class) » Scleractinia (order) » Psammocoridae (family)

CAAB Code:	11 302001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family:	11 302 Psammocoridae (stony corals) - show full list
Common Name:	[a stony coral]
Organism Type:	a stony coral
Synonyms:	Psammocora exesa Psammocora togianensis Psammocora digitata (mis-identification)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	11 302901 Psammocora spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	11 300012

Taxon Notes:

Some previous records of this species were mis-identified as Psammocora digitata, but the latter is a distinct species. See Benzoni et.al., 2010.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:307b6400-534b-404b-8593-34d403ecbd23 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718603 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Veron, J. E. H., 2000 Veron, J. E. H., Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols.
Scientific Name verified against:	Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Pichon, M., Galli, P., 2010. The name game: morpho-molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 160: 421-456.

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