CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 11 327010 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Physogyra lichtensteini   (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 11 - Cnidaria Jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and allies
Family: 11 327 Euphyllidae (hard corals) - show full list
Common Name: [a stony coral]
Common Names List: coral
stony coral
bubble coral
pearl bubble coral
small bubble coral
Organism Type: a stony coral
Synonyms: Plerogyra exerta
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 11 327904     Physogyra spp.
Taxon Notes:Previously placed in family Caryophyllidae, now moved to Euphyllidae (Veron, 2000). One morphotype was previously considered a separate species, Plerogyra exerta (same ref.).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:630a6445-424c-44ad-ae1d-89a654929bff
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207497
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-06-23
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Veron, J. E. H., 2000 Veron, J. E. H., Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld. 3 Vols.
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