Species Psammocora nierstraszi Van der Horst, 1921

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammocora nierstraszi van der Horst, C.J. 1921. The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. II. Madreporaria Fungida. Siboga Expeditie 16b: 53–98.
• Psammocora verrilli Vaughan, T.W. 1907. Recent Madreporaria of the Hawaiian Islands and Laysan. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 59: 1-427 [144].
• Psammocora vaughani Yabe, H., Sugiyama, T. & Eguchi, M. 1936. Recent reef building corals from Japan and the south sea islands under the Japanese mandate. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University, 2nd series (Geology) 1: 1-66 [60].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Pichon, M. & Galli, P. 2010. The name game: morpho‐molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 421–456 (Psammocora nierstraszi and P. vaughani are junior synonyms of P. verrilli. However, since P. verrilli is considered a Hawaiian endemic species, the use of its name would cause confusion and P. nierstraszi is preferred according to Article 23.9.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)

Generic Combinations

• Psammocora verrilli (Vaughan, 1907).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron, J.E.N. & Pichon, M. 1976. Scleractinia of eastern Australia Part I. Families Thamnasteriidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 1. 1-86

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