Astrea rotulosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786)

Authority reference(s):

Named, illustrated and summary description in

Veron, J.E.N. (2000a). Corals of the World. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Science. Volumes 1-3. 1410pp. (For species details see Vol. 3: pp. 228 and Figs. 1-2, plus 1 skeletal image)

Detailed taxonomic description with holotype designation, type locality and other information in

Veron, J.E.N. (2002a). New species described in Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 206pp. (For species details see pp. 166-167 and Figs. 303-305)

Taxonomic note: Further evaluation of types has recognised this species as a synonym of the previously described but little known species Astrea rotulosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786). More recently Astrea (= Plesiastrea) devantieri was retained by Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014) as a separate ‘sister’ species, but the holotype of Plesiastrea devantieri is unambiguously A. rotulosa

Taxonomic reference(s):

Veron, J.E.N. (2000a). Corals of the World. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Science. Volumes 1-3. 1410pp.

Veron, J.E.N. (2002a). New species described in Corals of the World. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 206pp.

Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F. and Pichon, M. (2011). Phylogeny of the coral genus Plesiastrea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Contributions to Zoology 80(4):231-249.

Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. and Budd, A.F. (2014). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(2):277-355.

Authority reference(s):

Ellis, J. and Solander, D. (1786). The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes collected from various parts of the globe. London. 206pp. (For species details see p. 166 and Plate 55)

Taxonomic note: Little known species. Called Plesiastrea devantieri (= Astrea devantieri) in Veron (2000a) and Veron (2002a). Astrea devantieri was retained by Huang, Benzoni, Fukami et al. (2014) as a separate ‘sister’ species, but the holotype of Plesiastrea devantieri is unambiguously this species