Pleuractis

Pleuractis
Pleuractis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Fungiidae
Genus: Pleuractis
Verrill, 1864
Species
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Synonyms
  • Fungia (Pleuractis) Verrill, 1864
  • Fungia (Wellsofungia) Hoeksema, 1989

Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

Taxonomy

Although treated as a subgenus of Fungia by Hoeksma (1989), a 2011 paper elevated Pleuractis to generic level.[1][2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:[3]

References

  1. ^ Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Gittenberger, A., B. T. Reijnen, and B. W. Hoeksema. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contrib. Zool. 80:107–132.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pleuractis Verrill, 1864". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.


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