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 327011 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Plerogyra sinuosa   (Dana, 1846)

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
bladder coral
Organism Type: a stony coral
Synonyms: Plerogyra eurysepta
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes: 11 327905     Plerogyra spp.
Taxon Notes:Previously placed in family Caryophyllidae, now moved to Euphyllidae (Veron, 2000). One morphotype was previously considered a separate species, Plerogyra eurysepta (same ref.).

Identifiers:
AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:67f41eca-b45c-452b-95a4-5756f5e8dcc2
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207498
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-07-07
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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