WoRMS taxon details
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
207489 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207489)
accepted
Species
Astroria astraeiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astroria astreiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Astroria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astroria esperi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caeloria daedalea (Ellis & Scholander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria astreiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Coeloria daedalea f. incrustans Gerth, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria edwardsi Gardiner, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favia astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Maeandra astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandra edwardsi (Gardiner, 1899) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra rustica (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina (Coeloria) astraeiformis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina (Coeloria) daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandrina (Coeloria) esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Maeandrina esperi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandrina rustica (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Matrepora daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandra astreiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandra edwardsi (Gardiner, 1899) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandra esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina dealea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meandrina rustica Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra astreiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Platygyra daedalea var. astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. edwardsi (Gardiner, 1899) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. lamellaxis Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. magnaxis Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra daedalea var. rotundata Chevalier, 1975 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Platygyra rustica (Dana, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. bottai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. edwardsi (Gardiner, 1899) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. lamellaxis Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. laticollis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. leptoticha (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. magnaxis Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Platygyra daedalea var. rotundata Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] 
Holotype (of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander,...
, Note Fiji (Veron, 1986).
Holotype (of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) MNHN scle710 [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
Description This is a fully meandroid species with valleys wider than the separating walls. The walls are sharply angular, and are...
Description This is a fully meandroid species with valleys wider than the separating walls. The walls are sharply angular, and are usually perforated. Septa are exsert and pointed above the walls. They are in two orders, but are irregular rather than regularly alternating. The columella is a ragged, loose floor of spicules. Platygyra daedalea is a fairly common species in mid-depths on fore-reef slopes. It is the commonest species of this genus over all depths except on reef flats. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)
Colonies are massive to encrusting, meandroid or submeandroid, with thick walls. Septa are exsert and have a characteristically ragged appearance. Colour: usually brightly coloured, most commonly with brown walls and grey or green valleys. Abundance: common over a wide range of habitats, especially back reef margins. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Colonies are a striking sight, ranging from encrustations to domes or micro-atolls. The meandering, convoluted calices have high walls surrounding elongated valleys. The Pattern is reminiscent of the folds of a brain, giving this coral its common name. Colour: the walls are always a dark brownish-green and the valleys a bright green or, less commonly, grey. Habitat: diverse reef areas. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Colonies are massive to encrusting, meandroid or submeandroid, with thick walls. Septa are exsert and have a characteristically ragged appearance. Colour: usually brightly coloured, most commonly with brown walls and grey or green valleys. Abundance: common over a wide range of habitats, especially back reef margins. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Colonies are a striking sight, ranging from encrustations to domes or micro-atolls. The meandering, convoluted calices have high walls surrounding elongated valleys. The Pattern is reminiscent of the folds of a brain, giving this coral its common name. Colour: the walls are always a dark brownish-green and the valleys a bright green or, less commonly, grey. Habitat: diverse reef areas. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207489 on 2024-11-09
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original description
(of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Astroria astraeiformis 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 Astroria esperi 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 Coeloria edwardsi Gardiner, 1899) Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764. [details]
original description (of Meandrina rustica Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Coeloria daedalea f. incrustans Gerth, 1923 †) Gerth H. (1923). Die Anthozoënfauna des Jungtertiars von Borneo. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, Serie 1. Beiträge zur Geologie Ost-Asiens und Australiens.</em> 10 (1): 37-136, pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. rotundata Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. magnaxis Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. lamellaxis Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [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 Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [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 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): 30 [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 Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 161, 162 [details]
additional source Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1972) Systematics and ecology of New Caledonian Faviinae (Coelenterata–Scleractinia). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 42: 3-90. [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.
page(s): 76, 107 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 32, 107 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 191 [details]
additional source Ryland, J. S. (1981). Reefs of southwest Viti Levu and their tourism potential. Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 293-298
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additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
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additional source Pillai CSG. (1983). Structure and generic diversity of recent Scleractinia of India. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 25, 1-2, 78-90.
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additional source Sheppard, C. R. C. (1985). Fringing reefs in the southern region, Jeddah to Jizan. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7, 37-58
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additional source Scott, A.; Harrison, P. L. (2007). Embryonic and larval development of the host sea anemones Entacmaea quadricolor and Heteractis crispa. Biological Bulletin, 213, 110-121
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additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
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additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
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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 Astroria astraeiformis 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 Astroria esperi 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 Coeloria edwardsi Gardiner, 1899) Gardiner JS (1899) On the astraeid corals collected by the author in the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 734-764. [details]
original description (of Meandrina rustica Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Coeloria daedalea f. incrustans Gerth, 1923 †) Gerth H. (1923). Die Anthozoënfauna des Jungtertiars von Borneo. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, Serie 1. Beiträge zur Geologie Ost-Asiens und Australiens.</em> 10 (1): 37-136, pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. rotundata Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. magnaxis Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
original description (of Platygyra daedalea var. lamellaxis Chevalier, 1975) Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [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 Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 307: 1-32., available online at http:// https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.307.1 [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 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): 30 [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 Veron JEN. (2002). New species described in Corals of the World. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 11: 1-209.
page(s): 161, 162 [details]
additional source Chevalier JP. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). II. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1976) Biological results of the Snellius expedition: XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius Expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 50: 45-63. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best M (1972) Systematics and ecology of New Caledonian Faviinae (Coelenterata–Scleractinia). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 42: 3-90. [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.
page(s): 76, 107 [details]
additional source Pichon, M.; Benzoni, F. (2007). Taxonomic re-appraisal of zooxanthellate Scleractinian Corals in the Maldive Archipelago. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1441: 21–33.
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. [details]
additional source Veron JEN, Marsh LM. (1988). Hermatypic corals of Western Australia : records and annotated species list. <em>Records Western Australian Museum Supplement.</em> 29: 1-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60555
page(s): 32, 107 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Randall RH, Myers RF. (1983). The corals. Guide to the Coastal Resources of Guam: Vol. 2. <em>University of Guam Press, Guam, pp. 128.</em> [details]
additional source Khalil HM, Fathy MS, Al Sawy SM. (2021). Quaternary corals (Scleractinia: Merulinidae) from the Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coast. <em>Geological Journal.</em> , available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gj.4145?af=R [details]
additional source Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
page(s): 191 [details]
additional source Ryland, J. S. (1981). Reefs of southwest Viti Levu and their tourism potential. Proceedings of the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 293-298
page(s): 296-297 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E. (2004). Baker Island coral data [Table unnumbered]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 2 [details]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora daedalea Ellis & Solander, 1786) MNHN scle710 [details]
Nontype (of Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) BMNH, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 49604, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 50759, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 53024, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 53025, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 56655, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 56656, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IGPS 56694, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36881, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36975, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36976, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36977, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36978, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36979, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36980, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36981, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 36989, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 39854, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40706, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40707, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40725, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40742, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40758, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40761, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40762, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40778, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40779, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40780, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 40857, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44657, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44847, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44910, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44959, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44983, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 44998, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 45103, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 45132, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 47806, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 47823, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48251, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48252, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48762, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 48768, geounit Marshall Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 49604, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 49724, geounit Northern Mariana Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 51053, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 51056, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 51073, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53018, geounit Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53032, geounit Micronesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846)) IGPS 53212, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8640, geounit Sudanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8641, geounit Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8935, geounit Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8936, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 8986, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR I/433/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/448/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/520/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/548/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/553/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR I/557/E3 [details]
Nontype NMSR K 22 [details]
Nontype WAM 109-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 120-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 124-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 155-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 192-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 199-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 217-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 229-74, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 268-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 274-77, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 277-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 29-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 302-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 308-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 345-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 355-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 37-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 407-86, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 431-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 4-73, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 519-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 574-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 5-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 616-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 619-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 649-86, geounit Ashmore-Cartier Is. [details]
Nontype WAM 65-72, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 872-86, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 937-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 940-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 953-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype WAM 958-85, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC mrt-59 [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC mrt-90, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC Zev 7291/7 [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC Zev 7335/7, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC Zev. 7351/7, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) IMC, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IMC mrt-13, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)) IMC, geounit Myanmar Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Unreviewed
Description This is a fully meandroid species with valleys wider than the separating walls. The walls are sharply angular, and are usually perforated. Septa are exsert and pointed above the walls. They are in two orders, but are irregular rather than regularly alternating. The columella is a ragged, loose floor of spicules. Platygyra daedalea is a fairly common species in mid-depths on fore-reef slopes. It is the commonest species of this genus over all depths except on reef flats. (Sheppard, 1998 <308>)Colonies are massive to encrusting, meandroid or submeandroid, with thick walls. Septa are exsert and have a characteristically ragged appearance. Colour: usually brightly coloured, most commonly with brown walls and grey or green valleys. Abundance: common over a wide range of habitats, especially back reef margins. (Veron, 1986 <57>)
Colonies are a striking sight, ranging from encrustations to domes or micro-atolls. The meandering, convoluted calices have high walls surrounding elongated valleys. The Pattern is reminiscent of the folds of a brain, giving this coral its common name. Colour: the walls are always a dark brownish-green and the valleys a bright green or, less commonly, grey. Habitat: diverse reef areas. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
Type locality Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Platygyra astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Maeandra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Coeloria esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platygyra daedalea)
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (65 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (92 records) (from synonym Platygyra rustica (Dana, 1846))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Platygyra astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coeloria daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coeloria rustica (Dana, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Maeandra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coeloria astraeiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Coeloria esperi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platygyra daedalea)
To GenBank (122 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (65 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (92 records) (from synonym Platygyra rustica (Dana, 1846))
To ITIS
