Scleractinia name details

Herpetolithas Leuckart, 1841

717254  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717254)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Fungiidae (Family)
  9. Herpetolithas (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Species Herpetolithas ehrenbergii Leuckart, 1841 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Species Herpetolithas foliosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Herpetolithas interrupta (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Herpetolithas limacina (Lamarck, 1801) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Herpetolithas ruepellii Leuckart, 1841 accepted as Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Herpetolithas stellaris (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Herpetolithas Leuckart, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717254 on 2025-04-04
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original description Leuckart, F.S. 1841. Observations zoologicae de Zoophytis coralliis, speciatim de genere Fungia, p. 1-60, pls. 1-4. Emmerling, Friburgi Brisigavorum. [details] 

basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details] 

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