WoRMS name details
Goniastrea spectabilis (Verrill, 1872)
765892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765892)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Prionastraea spectabilis Verrill, 1872) Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Goniastrea spectabilis (Verrill, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765892 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Prionastraea spectabilis Verrill, 1872) Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Wijsman-Best M (1972) Systematics and ecology of New Caledonian Faviinae (Coelenterata–Scleractinia). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 42: 3-90. [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Wijsman-Best M (1972) Systematics and ecology of New Caledonian Faviinae (Coelenterata–Scleractinia). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 42: 3-90. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [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 Verrill AE. (1872). Names of species in the author's report on Zoophytes. <em>In: Dana JD, Corals and coral islands.</em> Dodd & Mead, New York, pp. 379-388. [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]
