WoRMS name details
Explanaria argus (Lamarck, 1816)
1369283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1369283)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Explanaria Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Turbinaria Oken, 1815
- Variety Explanaria argus var. columnaris Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Explanaria argus var. complanata Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Explanaria argus var. impressa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Astrea argus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Explanaria argus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1369283 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Astrea argus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
new combination reference Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
new combination reference Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. <em>Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia.</em> 472 pp. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Matthai G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology.</em> 17(1): 1-140, pls. 1-38. [details]
