WoRMS name details
Agaricia clavus (Dana, 1846)
766386 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766386)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pavonia clavus Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Nomenclature Veron & Pichon (1980: p. 21) mentioned this combination as the original name used by Dana (1846), but Dana (1846: p. 332)...
Nomenclature Veron & Pichon (1980: p. 21) mentioned this combination as the original name used by Dana (1846), but Dana (1846: p. 332) himself only uses the combination "Pavonia clavus (Dana)". The meaning of brackets in the original combination is unclear because there is no reference of an earlier description with another genus name. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Agaricia clavus (Dana, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766386 on 2024-11-09
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Pavonia clavus Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Veron & Pichon (1980: p. 21) mentioned this combination as the original name used by Dana (1846), but Dana (1846: p. 332) himself only uses the combination "Pavonia clavus (Dana)". The meaning of brackets in the original combination is unclear because there is no reference of an earlier description with another genus name. [details]
