Pleuractis
Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Fungiidae |
| Genus: | Pleuractis Verrill, 1864 |
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Taxonomy
Although treated as a subgenus of Fungia by Hoeksma (1989), a 2011 paper elevated Pleuractis to generic level.[1][2]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:[3]
- Pleuractis alta (Nemenzo, 1983)
- Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955)
- Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919)
- Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833)
- Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)
- Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema and Dai, 1991)
References
- Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Gittenberger, A., B. T. Reijnen, and B. W. Hoeksema. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contrib. Zool. 80:107–132.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pleuractis Verrill, 1864". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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