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Zoopilus echinatus Dana 1846

Description

Zoopilus echinatus Dana, 1846

(Fig. 7A, B)

Zoopilus echinatus – Turak & DeVantier, 2011: 144.

This free-living species is rare at Brunei (Turak & DeVantier, 2011). It was not recorded during our survey (Table 2), but the photograph taken at Silk Rock (Turak & DeVantier, 2011) and a specimen fragment in the collection of the Brunei Fisheries Department (Fig. 7A, B) leave no doubt about the occurrence of this species at Brunei, which underlines the importance of museum specimens as reference material in biodiversity studies (Hoeksema et al., 2011).

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 576, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5354576

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dana
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Fungiidae
Genus
Zoopilus
Species
echinatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Zoopilus echinatus Dana, 1846 sec. Hoeksema & Lane, 2014

References

  • Dana JD (1846 - 1849) United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838 - 1842. Zoophytes 7. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, 740 pp.
  • 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.