Species Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Goniastrea aspera Verrill, A.E. 1865. Corals and polyps of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Essex Institute Salem 4: 32.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 402-403 two dry specimens, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

  Type locality references:

  Mitsuki, Y., Isomura, N., Nozawa, Y., Tachikawa, H., Huang, D. & Fukami, H. 2021. Distinct species hidden in the widely distributed coral Coelastrea aspera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 876-891 [889] (type location uncertain).
• Gonastraea spectabilis Verrill, A.E. 1872. Names of the species of corals in Dana: Corals and coral islands. New Haven. Vol. 1 pp. 379-388.

 

Generic Combinations

• Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866). —
  Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. & Budd, A.F. 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355 [304] (new combination following removal of Coelastrea from synonymy of Goniastrea)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany to northern Kimberley, WA, Darwin to Groote Eylandt, NT, and Torres Strait, QLD, to northern NSW, however removal of C. incrustans from synonymy by Mitsuki et al. (2014) may affect this distribution; Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. & Budd, A.F. 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355 [304]

Mitsuki, Y., Isomura, N., Nozawa, Y., Tachikawa, H., Huang, D. & Fukami, H. 2021. Distinct species hidden in the widely distributed coral Coelastrea aspera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 876-891

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
19-Oct-2024	HEXACORALLIA Haeckel, 1896	19-Oct-2024	MOVED
05-Aug-2022	CNIDARIA	21-Jul-2022	MODIFIED
	SCLERACTINIA Bourne, 1900	12-May-2017	ADDED	Dr Zoe Richards