WoRMS taxon details
Micromussa lordhowensis (Veron & Pichon, 1982)
886929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:886929)
accepted
Species
Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1982). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part IV. Family Poritidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 5: 1-159. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Micromussa lordhowensis (Veron & Pichon, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=886929 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982) Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1982). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part IV. Family Poritidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 5: 1-159. [details]
new combination reference Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Huang D, Fukami H, Chen CA, Berumen ML, Hoogenboom M, Thomson DP, Hoeksema BW, Budd AF, Zayasu Y, Terraneo TI, Kitano YF, Baird AH. (2016). When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 85 (4): 387-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08504002 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Huang D, Fukami H, Chen CA, Berumen ML, Hoogenboom M, Thomson DP, Hoeksema BW, Budd AF, Zayasu Y, Terraneo TI, Kitano YF, Baird AH. (2016). When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 85 (4): 387-422., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08504002 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details]





Nontype (of Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982) WAM 512-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982) WAM 517-78, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982) WAM 786-81, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | starry cup coral [from synonym] | [details] |
Japanese | カクオオトゲキクメイシ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromussa lordhowensis)
To GenBank (25033 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (25033 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromussa lordhowensis)
To GenBank (25033 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (25033 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)