Species Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Agaricia planulata 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.

  Secondary source:

   Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference).
• Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, J.S. 1905. Madreporaria, III Fungida, lV. Turbinolidae. pp. 933–957 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. II(Part IV) pp. 807–921, pls. LXVII-LXXXVII.

  Secondary source:

   Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference).
• Agaricia ponderosa var. minikoiensis Gardiner, J.S. 1905. Madreporaria, III Fungida, lV. Turbinolidae. pp. 933–957 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. II(Part IV) pp. 807–921, pls. LXVII-LXXXVII.

Generic Combinations

• Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846). —
  Scheer, G. & Pillai, C.S.G. 1974. Report on Scleractinia from the Nicobar Islands. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 42: 122
• Pavona (Polyastra) ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905). —
  Matthai, G. 1948. Skeletal variation in two large coralla from Tahiti, one of Pavona varians (Verrill), and another of Psammocora haimiana Milne-Edwards & Haime. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 233(59): 197-200

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1980. Scleractinia of Eastern Australia. Part III. Families Agaraciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectiniidae, Caryophylliidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 4: 1-459 (Veron & Pichon , 1979 :Source Reference)

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