WoRMS name details
Heliastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
765355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765355)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Heliastrea abdita Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Solenastrea bournoni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea aperta (Verrill, 1868) accepted as Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea borradailei Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea forskaelana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Echinopora forskaliana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea lamarckii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Heliastrea orion (Dana, 1846) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea solidior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heliastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765355 on 2025-03-27
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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]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
