Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Vacatina > Family Oculinidae > Genus Oculina

Oculina patagonica de Angelis D'Ossat, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Oculina Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oculina*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: madrépore encroûtant

Russian: средиземноморский коралл sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Корал средземноморський; средиземноморський корал

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110
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additional source	Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Richard, C.; Allemand, D.; Bianchi, C. N.; Morri, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2006). Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures. Marine Biology, 150, 45-55
additional source	Sartoretto S, Harmelin J-G, Bachet F, Bejaoui N, Lebrun O, Zibrowius H. (2008). The alien coral Oculina patagonica De Angelis (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Algeria and Tunisia. Aquatic Invasions. 3 (2): 173-180.
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additional source	Fine, M.; Zibrowius, H.; Loya, Y. (2001). Oculina patagonica: a non-lessepsian scleractinian coral invading the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology. 138(6): 1195-1203.
additional source	Figueira de Paula, A.; Creed, J. C. (2004). Two species of the coral Tubastraea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Brazil: a case of accidental introduction. Bulletin of Marine Science. 74: 175-183.
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additional source	Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
status source	Zibrowius H. (1974). Oculina patagonica, Scléractiniaire hermatypique introduit en Méditerranée. Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. 26: 153-173.