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Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pachyseris clementei
Species recognized by Philippines Species List and Philippine Sea Species List
Pachyseris clementei (Dana 1846)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Pachyseris levicollis
Species recognized by Maldives Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, and Indian Ocean Species List
Pachyseris speciosa
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Australia Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, Fiji Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sudan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, and Timor Sea Species List
Pachyseris speciosa
Recognized by Moorea Biocode and Furui 2020
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)
Recognized by Marine Life in the Koh Phangan vicinity and OBIS environmental data records
Agaricia (Undaria) levicollis Dana
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Agaricia levicollis
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records
Agaricia speciosa Dana
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Agaricia speciosa Dana 1846
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Pachyseris speciosa
Recognized by coraltraits
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and World Register of Marine Species
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)
Recognized by Zookeys and Scleractinia Lifestyle

Alternative Names

Agaricia levicollis Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Agaricia speciosa Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Agaricia (Undaria) levicollis Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Agaricia (Undaria) speciosa Dana 1846
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pachyseris clementei Nemenzo 1955
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pachyseris haimei Quelch 1886
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Pachyseris levicollis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Agaricia (Undaria) levicollis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Agaricia (Undaria) speciosa Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Agaricia levicollis Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Agaricia speciosa Dana 1846
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pachyseris clementei Nemenzo 1955
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pachyseris haimei Quelch 1886
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pachyseris levicollis (Dana 1846)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

serpent coral preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

リュウモンサンゴ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Pachyseris Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950
Pachyseris cristata Martin 1880
Pachyseris curvata Martin 1880
Pachyseris denticulata Gerth 1923
Pachyseris distans Gerth 1923
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris inattesa Benzoni & Terraneo 2014
Pachyseris involuta Studer 1878
Pachyseris irregularis (Umbgrove 1946)
Pachyseris javana (Gerth 1921)
Pachyseris laticollis Martin 1880
Pachyseris murchisoni (Haime 1851)
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)
Pachyseris tenuisepta Felix 1921
Pachyseris vandijki Gerth 1921

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
unclassified Scleractinia
Pachyseris
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris inattesa Benzoni & Terraneo 2014
Pachyseris involuta (Studer 1878)
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Agariciidae
Pachyseris Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880
Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950
Pachyseris crassatheca Chevalier 1962
Pachyseris cristata Martin 1880
Pachyseris curvata Martin 1880
Pachyseris denticulata Gerth 1923
Pachyseris distans Gerth 1923
Pachyseris exarata Duncan 1880
Pachyseris fluctuosa Verrill 1864
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris inattesa Benzoni & Terraneo 2014
Pachyseris involuta (Studer 1878)
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Fungiina Verrill 1865
Agariciidae Gray 1847
Pachyseris Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Agariciidae
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
Agaricia fragilis Dana 1848
Agaricia grahamae Wells 1973
Agaricia humilis Verrill 1901
Agaricia lamarcki Milne Edwards & Haime 1851
Agaricia tenuifolia Dana 1848
Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan 1918
Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846
Helioseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Leptoseris amitoriensis Veron 1990
Leptoseris cailleti (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864)
Leptoseris explanata Yabe & Sugiyama 1941
Leptoseris foliosa Dineson 1980
Leptoseris gardineri Horst 1921
Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907
Leptoseris incrustans (Quelch 1886)
Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells 1954
Leptoseris papyracea (Dana 1846)
Leptoseris scabra Vaughan 1907
Leptoseris solida (Quelch 1886)
Leptoseris striata (Fenner & Veron 2000)
Leptoseris tubulifera Vaughan 1907
Leptoseris yabei (Pillai & Scheer 1976)
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris involuta (Studer 1877)
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)
Pavona bipartita Nemenzo 1980
Pavona cactus (Forskål 1775)
Pavona chiriquiensis Glynn Maté & Stemann 2001
Pavona clavus (Dana 1846)
Pavona danai Milne Edwards & Haime 1860
Pavona decussata (Dana 1846)
Pavona diffluens (Lamarck 1816)
Pavona duerdeni Vaughan 1907
Pavona explanulata (Lamarck 1816)
Pavona frondifera (Lamarck 1816)
Pavona gigantea Verril 1896
Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner 1905)
Pavona minuta Wells 1954
Pavona varians Verrill 1864
Pavona venosa (Ehrenberg 1834)
Pavona xarifae Scheer & Pillai 1974

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Fungiina
Agariciidae
Pachyseris
Pachyseris speciosa (this page)
Pachyseris inattesa
Pachyseris rugosa
unclassified Pachyseris

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Pachyseridae
Pachyseris
Pachyseris speciosa (Dana 1846) (this page)
Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950
Pachyseris cristata Martin 1880
Pachyseris curvata Martin 1880
Pachyseris denticulata Gerth 1923
Pachyseris distans Gerth 1923
Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990
Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955
Pachyseris inattesa Benzoni & Terraneo 2014
Pachyseris involuta Studer 1878
Pachyseris irregularis (Umbgrove 1946)
Pachyseris javana (Gerth 1921)
Pachyseris laticollis Martin 1880
Pachyseris murchisoni (Haime 1851)
Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck 1801)
Pachyseris tenuisepta Felix 1921
Pachyseris vandijki Gerth 1921
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