Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Scleractinia incertae sedis > Genus Cladocora

Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cladocora*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: madrèpora mediterrània sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: cladocora; pillow coral sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: pillow coral sources: english PESI focal point

French: cladocore sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Rasenkoralle sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: cespuglio di mare; madrepora a cuscino; madrepora pagnotta sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

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

Slovenian: kamena korala sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: madrépora mediterránea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mercan

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
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
redescription	Zibrowius, H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco, 11. Musée océanographique de Monaco: Monaco. 3 volumes, including bibliography and taxonomic index pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
GenBank (23 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Hoeksema, B.; Cairns, S. (2014). Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135146