Cyphastrea salae

Cyphastrea salae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleractinia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Hexacorallia Ordo: Scleractinia

Subordo: Faviina
Familia: Merulinidae
Genus: Cyphastrea
Species: Cyphastrea salae

Name

Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017

Holotype: AM 81_1530

Type locality: South Flat, Lord Howe Island (LHI), Australia (-31.5611; 159.0741) 1 m depth.

Paratypes:

• AM 81_1822 Malabar, LHI (-31.5115; 159.0575);
• AM 81_4749 Malabar West, LHI (-31.5118; 159.0508).

ZooBank: E9B09DB8-0F21-4721-983C-42E5FE9DA607

References

Primary references

• Baird, A.H., Hoogenboom, M.O. & Huang, D. 2017. Cyphastrea salae, a new species of hard coral from Lord Howe Island, Australia (Scleractinia, Merulinidae). ZooKeys 662: 49—66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.662.11454. Reference page. 
  • [original description of Cyphastrea salae: p. 53–57; figs. 1–2]

Links

• Cyphastrea salae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Cyphastrea salae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cyphastrea salae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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