WoRMS name details
Acanthastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
868506 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868506)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Genus
- Species Acanthastraea angulosa Brüggemann, 1879 accepted as Homophyllia bowerbanki (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthastraea braziliensis Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Acanthastraea echinata (Dana, 1846) accepted as Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Acanthastraea grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthastraea hillae Wells, 1955 accepted as Homophyllia bowerbanki (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthastraea hirsuta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthastraea rotundaflora Chevalier, 1975 accepted as Acanthastrea rotundoflora Chevalier, 1975 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Acanthastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868506 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
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(of Acanthastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details]
basis of record Brüggemann, F. (1879). Corals. In: Zoology of Rodriguez. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 168: 569-579. [details]
basis of record Brüggemann, F. (1879). Corals. In: Zoology of Rodriguez. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences.</em> 168: 569-579. [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
