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Galaxea Oken, 1815

205332  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205332)

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Genus
Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acrohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Organites Link, 1807 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Galaxea acrhelia Veron, 2000
  2. Species Galaxea alta Nemenzo, 1979
  3. Species Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816)
  4. Species Galaxea crassiseptata Latypov & Dautova, 1998
  5. Species Galaxea cryptoramosa Fenner & Veron, 2000
  6. Species Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  7. Species Galaxea horrescens (Dana, 1846)
  8. Species Galaxea longisepta Fenner & Veron, 2000
  9. Species Galaxea pauciradiata (Blainville, 1830)
  10. Species Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt, 1990
  11. Species Galaxea vesiculosa Latypov, 2014
  12. Species Galaxea anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Galaxea anthophyllites Faurot, 1894 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Galaxea anthophyllum (Esper, 1789) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Galaxea aspera Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Species Galaxea caryophyllites Krüger, 1823 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Galaxea clava (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Galaxea clavus (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Galaxea colamnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Galaxea columnaris Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
  21. Species Galaxea cuspidata (Esper, 1789) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Galaxea cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Galaxea eburnea Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Javania cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Galaxea ellisi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Galaxea esperi (Schweigger, 1820) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Galaxea fragilis Quelch, 1886 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Galaxea heterocyathus Ortmann, 1889 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  29. Species Galaxea hystrix Dana, 1846 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Galaxea irregularis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Galaxea laperousiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Galaxea laticostata Nemenzo (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  33. Species Galaxea lawisiana Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Galaxea musicalis (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  35. Species Galaxea negrensis Nemenzo, 1979 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Galaxea prolifera Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
  37. Species Galaxea quoyi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Galaxea susanae Nemenzo & Ferraris, 1982 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Galaxea tenella Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Galaxea aequalis Bassett-Smith, 1890 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Galaxea bougainvillei (Blainville, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Galaxea explanata Quelch, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  43. Species Galaxea laevis Brüggemann, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  44. Species Galaxea laperouseana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Galaxea laperouseanea (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, wrong spelling)
  46. Species Galaxea longissima (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  47. Species Galaxea organum (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a...  
Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a blistery coenosteum. Columellae are weak or absent. Septa are very exsert. Polyps are sometimes extended during the day (Veron, 1986). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Galaxea Oken, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205332 on 2024-11-21
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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2000-09-28 07:24:50Z
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Garcia, Maria
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Martinez, Olga
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original description Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Mémoire sur les polypiers appartenant a aux groups naturels des zoanthaires perforés es des zoanthaires tabulés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 29: 257-263. [details] 

original description (of Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [details] 

original description (of Acrohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

original description (of Organites Link, 1807 †) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237 [details] 

taxonomy source Kitano YF, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Shirayama Y, Wallace CC, Fukami H. (2014). A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(5): e98406., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098406 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [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 Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Arrigoni, R., Stolarski, J., Terraneo, T.I., Hoeksema, B.W., Berumen, M.L., Payri, C., Montano, S., Benzoni, F. (2023). Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the scleractinian coral family Euphylliidae. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 92 (2): 130-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10041 [details] 

status source Potts DC. (1995). Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52: 142-147. [details] 

status source ICZN. (2004). Opinion 2061 (Case 2900) Porites Link, 1807, Galaxea Oken, 1815, Mussa Oken, 1815 and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 (Anthozoa, Scleractinia): proposed conservation. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 61: 51-53., available online at https://archive.org/details/biostor-80457 [details] 
 
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Description Colonies are massive, columnar, encrusting or irregular. Corallites are cylindrical, thin-walled and separated by a blistery coenosteum. Columellae are weak or absent. Septa are very exsert. Polyps are sometimes extended during the day (Veron, 1986). [details]

Remark Type species: Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 (Veron, 1986). [details]
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English starburst coral [from synonym]crystal coral [from synonym]bush coral [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese アザミサンゴ属アザミサンゴ [from synonym]  [details]