Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Scleractinia incertae sedis > Genus Cladocora

Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cladocora*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: madrèpora mediterrània sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: cladocora; pillow coral sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: pillow coral sources: english PESI focal point

French: cladocore sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Rasenkoralle sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: cespuglio di mare; madrepora a cuscino; madrepora pagnotta sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Russian: древовидный коралл sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kamena korala sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: madrépora mediterránea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mercan

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110
redescription	Zibrowius, H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco, 11. Musée océanographique de Monaco: Monaco. 3 volumes, including bibliography and taxonomic index pp.

Taxon found in 124 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
GenBank (23 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Hoeksema, B.; Cairns, S. (2014). Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135146