WoRMS taxon details
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
207413 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207413)
accepted
Species
Cyphastraea danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea forskaelana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea forskaliana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea gibbosa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea hemprichana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea incrustans (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea maldivensis Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea serailia (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyphastraea serailia var. maldivensis Gardiner, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastraea suvadivae Gardiner, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea conferta Nemenzo, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea hemprichiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea incrustans (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea laticostata Nemenzo, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea serialis (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cyphastrea suvadivae (Gardiner, 1904) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastraea (Solenastraea) hemprichii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Solenastrea forskaelana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea forskaeliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Solenastrea forskaliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea gibbosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea hemprichana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea hemprichiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea sarcinula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
Description Colonies are commonly up to 40 cm diameter, often greater. Calices are round, and separated by half or a full calice...
Description Colonies are commonly up to 40 cm diameter, often greater. Calices are round, and separated by half or a full calice diameter, but in many cases are more crowded. They may be neat conical shapes, or largely sunken with very thin, raised rims. There are 12 primary septa. The species is common and widespread. It is found on reef flats in conditions of raised salinity and temperature, and on clear water reef slopes down to at least 40 metres. Cyphastrea serailia and C. chalcidicum are similar. Their separation is based only on whether costae are equal or sub-equal, or unequal. In Red Sea specimens, many examples of Cyphastrea have calices with thin, raised rims with no costae at all, thus completely removing the main distinguishing criteria. However, specimens from Australia indicate a clearer division there. In Arabian specimens, where corallites are sufficiently plocoid, costae are usually "sub-equal", so the name C. serailia is used. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Corallites have costae which do not alternate strongly. There are 12 primary septa. Colour: usually grey, brown or cream. Abundance: very common and occurs in all reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Protruding, cone-shaped corallites, 1-3 mm across, with obvious septa (in multiples of twelve) and costae giving the polyps a star-like quality. Surface colony between polyps is papillate. Forms thick encrustations. Colour: varying in colour from grey to brown or reddish-brown. Habitat: diverse. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Corallites have costae which do not alternate strongly. There are 12 primary septa. Colour: usually grey, brown or cream. Abundance: very common and occurs in all reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Protruding, cone-shaped corallites, 1-3 mm across, with obvious septa (in multiples of twelve) and costae giving the polyps a star-like quality. Surface colony between polyps is papillate. Forms thick encrustations. Colour: varying in colour from grey to brown or reddish-brown. Habitat: diverse. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207413 on 2024-11-09
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original description
(of Cyphastrea conferta Nemenzo, 1959) Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24. [details]
original description (of Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea danai 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 Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea suvadivae Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea maldivensis Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea laticostata Nemenzo, 1971) Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea hemprichiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea gibbosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea forskaelana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea sarcinula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Ang, P. O.; McCorry, D.; Si, C. C. L. (2003). Establishing a reference collection and field guides for Hong Kong scleractinian coral. <em>Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.</em> [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 Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
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additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
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additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 381, 388, 393 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 90 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1980) Indo-Pacific coral species belonging to the subfamily Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells, 1943 (Scleractinia-Coelenterata) part II: The genera Cyphastrea, Leptastrea, Echinopora and Diploastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 55: 235-263. [details]
additional source Nemenzo F (1959) Systematic studies on Philippine shallow water scleractinians: II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135, pls. 1-24.
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additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
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additional source Wells JW. (1954). Recent corals of the Marshall Islands: Bikini and nearby atolls, part 2, oceanography (biologic). <em>U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 260(I): 385-486.
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additional source Wallace, C. C.; Fellegara, I.; Muir, P. R.; Harrison, P. L. (2009). The scleractinian corals of Moreton Bay, eastern Australia: high latitude, marginal assemblages with increasing species richness. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 54, 2
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original description (of Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea danai 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 Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886) Quelch JJ. (1886). Report on the Reef-corals collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 16 (46): 1-203, pl. 1-12., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-46/README.htm [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea suvadivae Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea maldivensis Gardiner, 1904) Gardiner JS. (1904). Madreporaria Parts I. and II: I. Introduction with notes on variation, II. Astraeidae. <em>Fauna and geography of the Maldives and Laccadives Archipelagoes, Cambridge.</em> 2: 736-790, pls. 59-64. [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea laticostata Nemenzo, 1971) Nemenzo, F. (1971). Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water scleractinians: VII. Additional forms. <em>Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines.</em> 23: 141-209. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea hemprichiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea gibbosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea forskaelana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Solenastrea sarcinula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1) (suite). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 12, 3, 95-197. [details]
original description (of Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Ang, P. O.; McCorry, D.; Si, C. C. L. (2003). Establishing a reference collection and field guides for Hong Kong scleractinian coral. <em>Final report submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.</em> [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 Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233. [details]
additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Vaughan TW. (1918). Some shallow-water corals from Murray Island (Australia), Cocos-Keeling Island, and Fanning Island. <em>Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 9 (213): 49-234, pls. 20-93. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 28 [details]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1955). Recent and subfossil corals of Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Queensland. University of Queensland Papers, Department of Geology.</em> 4 (10): 1-18, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 5, 14 [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 Umbgrove JHF. (1939). Madreporaria from the Bay of Batavia. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden.</em> 22: 1-64.
page(s): 17, 20, 26 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T, Eguchi M. (1936). Recent reef-building corals from Japan and the South Sea Islands under the Japanese mandate. I. <em>The Science reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Sendai, 2nd Series (Geologie).</em> Special Volume 1: 1-66, pls. 1-59.
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 381, 388, 393 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Crossland C (1952) Madreporaria, Hydrocorallinae, Heliopora and Tubipora. Scientific Report Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29 VI(3): 85-257.
page(s): 90 [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1980) Indo-Pacific coral species belonging to the subfamily Montastreinae Vaughan and Wells, 1943 (Scleractinia-Coelenterata) part II: The genera Cyphastrea, Leptastrea, Echinopora and Diploastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 55: 235-263. [details]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886) BMNH, geounit Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Syntype (of Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775) MNB [details]
Syntype (of Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775) UMBB [details]
Syntype (of Madrepora incrustans Forskål, 1775) ZMH [details]
Unknown type IMC M. 6110/1 [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Unreviewed
Description Colonies are commonly up to 40 cm diameter, often greater. Calices are round, and separated by half or a full calice diameter, but in many cases are more crowded. They may be neat conical shapes, or largely sunken with very thin, raised rims. There are 12 primary septa. The species is common and widespread. It is found on reef flats in conditions of raised salinity and temperature, and on clear water reef slopes down to at least 40 metres. Cyphastrea serailia and C. chalcidicum are similar. Their separation is based only on whether costae are equal or sub-equal, or unequal. In Red Sea specimens, many examples of Cyphastrea have calices with thin, raised rims with no costae at all, thus completely removing the main distinguishing criteria. However, specimens from Australia indicate a clearer division there. In Arabian specimens, where corallites are sufficiently plocoid, costae are usually "sub-equal", so the name C. serailia is used. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)Corallites have costae which do not alternate strongly. There are 12 primary septa. Colour: usually grey, brown or cream. Abundance: very common and occurs in all reef habitats. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Protruding, cone-shaped corallites, 1-3 mm across, with obvious septa (in multiples of twelve) and costae giving the polyps a star-like quality. Surface colony between polyps is papillate. Forms thick encrustations. Colour: varying in colour from grey to brown or reddish-brown. Habitat: diverse. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Spelling Spelled C. sairailia in Faure, G. (1977 ), C. serialia in Sheppard (1998 <308>). Type locality: Red Sea (Veron, 1986).
C. serailia is spelled as C. serialis in Macnae&Kalk,1958. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | lesser knob coral | [details] |
| Japanese | マダラトゲキクメシ [from synonym]フカトゲキクメイシ | [details] |
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cyphastraea suvadivae Gardiner, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyphastrea serailia)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyphastrea danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (127 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyphastrea brueggemanni Quelch, 1886)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Cyphastraea suvadivae Gardiner, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Madrepora serailia Forskål, 1775)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cyphastrea serailia)
To GenBank (170 nucleotides; 50 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyphastrea danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (127 records)
To ITIS
