Turbinaria patula

Turbinaria patula
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Turbinaria
Species: T. patula
Binomial name
Turbinaria patula
(Dana, 1846) [2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Gemmipora patula Dana, 1846
  • Turbinaria bankae Giebel, 1861
  • Turbinaria cupula Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Turbinaria fungiformis Michelin, 1841
  • Turbinaria robusta Bernard, 1896

Turbinaria patula, commonly known as disc coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region, being found in the eastern Indian Ocean, northern Australia, the South China Sea and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a zooxanthellate coral that houses symbiont dinoflagellates in its tissues. It is an uncommon species throughout its range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being "vulnerable".[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoeksema, B.W.; Rogers, A.; Quibilan, M.C. (2008). "Turbinaria patula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hoeksema, B. (2015). "Turbinaria patula (Dana, 1846)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-19.