Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Astrocoeniidae > Genus Madracis

Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Madracis*	Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: star coral sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Star Coral sources: english PESI focal point

Russian: шестилучевые кораллы

Literature

original description	Heller C (1868) Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. Kaiserliche Koniglichen Zoologisch Botanisch Gesellschaft, Wien.
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
additional source	Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices
additional source	Veron, J.E.N. 2000. Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.
redescription	Cairns, S.D., 1991. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Smith. Cont. Zool. 504: 32 pp., 12 pls.
redescription	Cairns, S.D., and Zibrowius, H., 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mem. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 172: 27-243, including 29 pls. (=MUSORSTOM Rep. 16).
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GenBank (120 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Hoeksema, B. (2014). Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868). 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:135212