WoRMS name details
Madrepora talpa Houttuyn, 1772
717270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717270)
unaccepted > unavailable name (suppressed)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. <em>F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam.</em> 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614. [details]
Note unknown
Type locality unknown [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora talpa Houttuyn, 1772. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717270 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. <em>F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam.</em> 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614. [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]
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]
Other
additional source
Hoeksema, B.W. 1988. Madrepora limax Esper, 1797 (currently Herpolitha limax) and Fungia talpina Lamarck, 1801 (currently Polyphyllia talpina; both Cnidaria, Anthozoa): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45: 13-17. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality unknown [details]
