Taxon name selected
Madrepora fragum Esper, 1793
Status
Original genus of
Selected taxon name information
Authority reference(s):
Original description dated
Esper, 1793a. Madrepora fragum Esper, 1793
in Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Fortsetzung der Pflanzenthiere Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Nürnberg: Raspischen Buchhandlung, 1: 79-80, Fig LXIV.
(For species details see p. 79 and
Plate LXIV)
Publication dates clarified in
Ott, F.D. (1995). The taxa depicted in E.J.C. Esper's Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur
(1788-1830) and its Fortsetzungen
(1794-1806) with a combined index to both works. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 97B:1-36.
Target taxon name information
Authority reference(s):
Original description dated
Esper, 1793a. Madrepora fragum Esper, 1793
in Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Fortsetzung der Pflanzenthiere Esper, E.J.C. (1797). Nürnberg: Raspischen Buchhandlung, 1: 79-80, Fig LXIV.
(For species details see p. 79 and
Plate LXIV)
Publication dates clarified in
Ott, F.D. (1995). The taxa depicted in E.J.C. Esper's Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur
(1788-1830) and its Fortsetzungen
(1794-1806) with a combined index to both works. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 97B:1-36.
Taxonomic note: This species is possibly a Dichocoenia but requires detailed taxonomic study to confirm. It is unlikely to belong to the well-established Indo-Pacific genus Favia. There are both nomenclatorial and taxonomic issues associated with the species. It was erroneously given type species status for Favia by subsequent designation of Verrill (1901). The mistake has been known since the time of Vaughan, see 'The potential of type species to destabilise the taxonomy of zooxanthellate Scleractinia' (Veron, 2015) and 'Website policy' for our treatment of widespread destabilisation based entirely on historical error
