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Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astroria sinensis
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Astroria stricta
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Coeloria sinensis
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Coeloria stricta
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Platygyra sinensis
Species recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, Australia Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cyprus Species List, Myanmar Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Seychelles Species List, Taiwan Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Pacific Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, NCBI, Ceram Sea Species List, and Timor Sea Species List
Platygyra sinensis
Recognized by Furui 2020
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Bahrain Species List
Platygyra sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Platygyra stricta
Species recognized by Australia Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, and South Pacific Species List
Platygyra sinensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia FR, CITES, and Barcode of Life Data Systems
Platygyra sinensis
Recognized by coraltraits
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Recognized by Scleractinia Lifestyle
Platygyra sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849)
Species recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Astroria sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astroria stricta Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Coeloria delicatula Ortmann 1888
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Coeloria sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Coeloria stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Maeandrina sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra sinensis var. delicatula (Ortmann 1888)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra sinensis var. lamellosa Chevalier 1975
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra sinensis var. stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Platygyra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Astroria sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Astroria stricta Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Coeloria delicatula Ortmann 1888
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Coeloria sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Coeloria stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Maeandra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Platygyra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Astroria sinensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Astroria sinensis
Synonym according to CITES
Astroria sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astroria sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Astroria stricta
Synonym according to CITES
Astroria stricta Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Astroria stricta Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Coeloria delicatula
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Coeloria delicatula Ortmann 1888
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Coeloria delicatula Ortmann 1888
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Coeloria sinensis
Synonym according to CITES
Coeloria sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Coeloria sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Coeloria stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Coeloria stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Favia sinensis
Synonym according to CITES
Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lobophyllia sinensis
Synonym according to CITES
Maeandra delicatula (Ortman 1888)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandrina delicatula
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Maeandrina delicatula Ortmann 1888
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Maeandrina sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Maeandrina sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina delicatula (Ortmann 1888)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Meandrina sinensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Platygyra delicatula
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Platygyra sinensis var. delicatula (Ortmann 1888)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra sinensis var. delicatula (Ortmann 1888)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra sinensis var. lamellosa Chevalier 1975
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra sinensis var. lamellosa Chevalier 1975
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra sinensis var. stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra sinensis var. stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Platygyra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Platygyra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

brain coral preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
lesser valley coral
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

シナノウサンゴ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species

Curated hierarchies for Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra wellsi (Durham 1942)
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra calzadai (Oriol 1989)
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra wellsi (Durham 1942)
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra wellsi (Durham 1942)
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Platygyra
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Astroria affinis Duncan 1863
Astroria antiguensis Duncan 1863
Astroria ornata Duncan 1863
Coeloria australiensis Rehberg 1892
Coeloria ceylonica Ridley 1883
Coeloria colombiana (Clark & Durham 1946)
Coeloria deltoides Rehberg 1892
Coeloria edwardsi Gardiner 1899
Coeloria elegans Rehberg 1892
Coeloria naroetensis (Gerth 1923)
Coeloria singularis (Martin 1880)
Maeandra euaensis (Hoffmeister 1932)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra mareensis Chevalier 1968
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra renemai Bromfield 2013
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Faviina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Faviidae Gregory 1900
Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
Platygyra sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)

IUCN

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Barabattoia amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime 1850)
Barabattoia laddi (Wells 1954)
Caulastrea connata (Ortmann 1892)
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål 1775)
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana 1864)
Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål 1775)
Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck 1816)
Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus 1758)
Diploria strigosa (Dana 1848)
Echinopora ashmorensis Veron 1990
Echinopora fruticulosa (Ehrenberg 1834)
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt 2006
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne Edwards & Haime 1849
Echinopora horrida Dana 1846
Echinopora irregularis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Echinopora lamellosa (Esper 1795)
Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo 1959)
Echinopora pacificus Veron 1990
Echinopora robusta Veron 2002
Echinopora taylorae (Veron 2002)
Echinopora tiranensis Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia albidus Veron 2002
Favia danae Verrill 1872
Favia lacuna Veron Turak & De Vantier 2000
Favia laxa (Klunzinger 1879)
Favia leptophylla Verrill 1868
Favia lizardensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Favia marshae Veron 2002
Favia maxima Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia pallida (Dana 1846)
Favia rosaria Veron 2002
Favia rotumana (Gardiner 1899)
Favia rotundata Veron Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1972
Favia speciosa Dana 1846
Favia truncatus Veron 2002
Favia veroni Moll & Borel-Best 1984
Favia vietnamensis Veron 2002
Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Favites acuticollis (Ortmann 1889)
Favites complanata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites flexuosa (Dana 1846)
Favites halicora (Ehrenberg 1834)
Favites pentagona (Esper 1794)
Favites russelli (Wells 1954)
Favites vasta (Klunzinger 1879)
Goniastrea aspera Verrill 1905
Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1857)
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948
Goniastrea deformis Veron 1990
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea favulus (Dana 1846)
Goniastrea minuta Veron 2002
Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama 1936)
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg 1834)
Goniastrea ramosa Veron 2002
Leptastrea aequalis Veron 2002
Leptastrea bewickensis Veron & Pichon 1977
Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Leptastrea inaequalis Klunzinger 1879
Leptastrea pruinosa Crossland 1952
Leptastrea purpurea (Dana 1846)
Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990
Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Manicina areolata (Linnaeus 1758)
Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus 1766)
Montastraea faveolata (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Montastraea franksi (Gregory 1895)
Montastrea annuligera (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849)
Montastrea colemani Veron 2002
Montastrea curta (Dana 1846)
Montastrea magnistellata Chevalier 1971
Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson 1985
Montastrea salebrosa (Nemenzo 1959)
Montastrea serageldini Veron 2002
Montastrea valenciennesi (Milne Edwards & Haime 1848)
Moseleya latistellata Quelch 1884
Oulastrea crispata (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron & Pichon 1977)
Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck 1816)
Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo 1959
Platygyra acuta Veron 2002
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1936
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra yaeyamaensis Eguchi & Shirai 1977
Plesiastrea devantieri Veron 2002
Plesiastrea versipora (Lamarck 1816)
Solenastrea hyades (Dana 1846)
29 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviina
Merulinidae
Platygyra
Platygyra sinensis (this page)
Platygyra acuta
Platygyra carnosa
Platygyra contorta
Platygyra crosslandi
Platygyra daedalea
Platygyra lamellina
Platygyra pini
Platygyra ryukyuensis
unclassified Platygyra

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Faviidae
Platygyra
Platygyra sinensis (this page)
Australogyra zelli
Platygyra acuta
Platygyra acutua
Platygyra carnosa
Platygyra contorta
Platygyra crosslandi
Platygyra daedalea
Platygyra exigua
Platygyra lamellina
Platygyra pini
Platygyra rustica
Platygyra ryukyuensis
Platygyra verweyi
Platygyra yaeyamaensis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Platygyra
Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime 1849) (this page)
Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra andrewsi (Gregory 1900)
Platygyra arborescens (Martin 1880)
Platygyra calzadai (Oriol 1989)
Platygyra carnosa Veron 2000
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai 1928)
Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander 1786)
Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg 1834)
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best 1976
Platygyra wellsi (Durham 1942)
Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai 1977)
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