Species Stylophora pistillata Esper, 1797

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madrepora pistillaris Esper, E.J.C. 1797. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildugen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen, Vol. 1. Nurnberg 230 pp.
• Porites subdigitata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp.
• Stylophora palmata Blainville, H.M.D. de 1830. Zoophytes. In, Levrault, F.G. (ed.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Paris : Le Normat Tome 60 546 pp, 68 pls (+ pp. 547-631).
• Stylophora digitata Pallas, P.S. 1766. Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis. Hagae Comitum pp. 1-451.
• Sideropora mordax 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.
• Stylophora stellata Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1: 29-60.
• Stylophora sinatica Brüggemann, F. 1877. New Korallen-Arten aus dem Rotten Meer und von Mauritius.Abh. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein Bremen 5: 395–400.
• Stylophora prostrata Klunzinger, C.B. 1879. Die korallenthiere des Rothen Meeres. Berlin : Verlag der Gutmann'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 2 88 pp.
• Stylophora cellulosa Quelch, J.J. 1886. Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(3): 1-203, I-XII pls.
• Stylophora septata Gardiner, J.S. 1898. On the fungid corals collected by the author in the south Pacific. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898(3): 525–539.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [66]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

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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