Plesiastrea peroni
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hexacorallia
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Plesiastreidae
Genus
Plesiastrea
Species
Plesiastrea peroni
Status
least concern
Colours
Distinguishing features
Prior to 2022, this species was known as Plesiastrea versipora throughout its wide Indo-Pacific distribution, and it was the only accepted species within the genus. In 2022, Juskiewickz et al found molecular evidence of two species, with one occurring in the tropical Indo-Pacific and the other in temperate waters. The name P. versipora belongs to the temperate species. All tropical records of P. versipora are now referred to P. peroni.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Plesiastrea versipora
is restricted to temperate waters (Juszkiewicz et al, 2022).
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Juszkiewicz, D. and nine others (2022). Phylogeography of recent Plesiastrea (Scleractinia: Plesiastreidae) based on an integrated taxonomic approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107469. LIRS catalog number 90422.
Other references
- Dinesen, Z.D. (1982). Regional variation in shade-dwelling coral assemblages of the Great Barrier Reef Province, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 7: 117-123. LIRS catalog number 70.
- Dinesen, Z.D. (1983). Shade-dwelling corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10: 173-185. LIRS catalog number 157.
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