WoRMS taxon details
Pectinia africana Veron, 2000
763554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:763554)
accepted
Species
Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000) Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
Holotype (of Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000) MTQ...
Holotype (of Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000) MTQ G55856, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pectinia africana Veron, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=763554 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000) Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
basis of record ICZN (2011) Coral taxon names published in ‘Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Article 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 162-166. [details]
basis of record ICZN (2011) Coral taxon names published in ‘Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Article 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 162-166. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2011). Coral taxon names published in 'Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Art. 86.1.2. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 68(3): 162-166.
page(s): 165 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details]
additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2011). Coral taxon names published in 'Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Art. 86.1.2. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 68(3): 162-166.
page(s): 165 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pectinia africanus Veron, 2000) MTQ G55856, geounit Tanzanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
