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Blastomussa

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Description

Blastomussa is a genus of large polyp stony corals. It is unclear in which family this genus belongs. Members of this genus are sometimes found in reef aquariums.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastomussa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260361	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260361
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59386	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59386

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : Blastomussa

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Mussidae	Ortmann 1890
genus	Blastomussa	Wells 1968

Scientific Name

Blastomussa Wells, 1968

Name Published In

Wells, J. W. (1968). Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 5, A new species of Alveopora from New Caledonia. Pacific Science. 22: 274-275.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Blastomussa	genus	belongs to Mussidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Faviina)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Faviina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.E.N. Veron. 2000. Corals of the World

Common Name(s)

タバサンゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastomussa

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Blastomussa loyae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blastomussa merleti species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Blastomussa omanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blastomussa simplicitexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blastomussa solida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blastomussa vivida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blastomussa wellsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Parasimplastrea Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : *Parasimplastrea*
Ceriomorpha Head, 1978	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : *Ceriomorpha*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Blastomussa Wells
2000	Blastomussa Veron p. 4

References

Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Pacif. Sci. 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Waheed Z, Stefani F, Hoeksema BW (2014) Phylogenetic relationships and revision of the genus Blastomussa (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia) with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 358-378. - via World Register of Marine Species

Head, S.M. 1978. A cerioid species of Blastomussa (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the central Red Sea, with a revision of the genus. Journal of Natural History 12: 633-639. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J.E.N.; Pichon, M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series. 4: 1-459. - via World Register of Marine Species

Wells, J. W. (1968). Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 5, A new species of Alveopora from New Caledonia. Pacific Science. 22: 274-275. - via World Register of Marine Species

Budd, A. F.; Fukami, H.; Smith, N. D.; Knowlton, N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(3): 465-529. - via World Register of Marine Species

Chevalier, J. P. (1975). Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Chesterfield, Iles Loyauté, Nouvelles Hébrides). I. Expedition Française sur les Récifs Coralliens Nouv.-Calédonie. 7: 1-407, pls. 1-42. Paris. - via World Register of Marine Species

Corallosphere - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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