Species Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caulastrea furcata Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 80 dry specimen, Fiji; YPM IZ 1986A, 1986B, 4295 three dry specimens, Fiji.
• Caulastrea distorta Dana, J.D. 1846. Zoophytes. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. New York : Greenwood Press Vol. 7 pp. i-vi + 740.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Veron, J.E.N., Pichon, M. & Wijsman-Best, M. 1977. Scleractinia of eastern Australia. Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 3: 1-233 [16]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes