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Fungia fungites

Description

Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Fungia fungites – Chou et al., 1987: 47; Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 133.

This free-living species is very common at Brunei: recorded at all 17 sites (Table 2).

Notes

Published as part of Hoeksema, Bert W. & Lane, David J. W., 2014, The mushroom coral fauna (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Brunei Darussalam (South China Sea) and its relation to the Coral Triangle, pp. 566-580 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62 on page 573, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5354576

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Fungiidae
Genus
Fungia
Species
fungites
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Hoeksema & Lane, 2014

References

  • Linnaeus C (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 823 pp.
  • Chou LM, De Silva MWRN & White AT (1987) Coral reefs, algae and seagrasses In: Chua TE, Chou LM & Sadorra MSM (eds.) The coastal environment profile of Brunei Darussalam: resource assessment and management issues. ICLARM Technical Reports, 18: 43 - 58.
  • Turak E & DeVantier L (2011) Field guide to the reef-building corals of Brunei Darussalam. Fisheries Department, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Government of Brunei Darussalam, 256 pp.