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Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766)
Name authority
(Pallas, 1766)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleractinia
Family
Fungiidae
Genus
Ctenactis
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classAnthozoa
  5. subclassHexacorallia
  6. orderScleractinia Bourne, 1900
  7. suborderVacatina Okubo, 2016
  8. familyFungiidae Dana, 1846
  9. genusCtenactis Verrill, 1864
  10. speciesCtenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 8 records assigned to Fungiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Haliglossa echinata (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Herpetolithas ehrenbergii Leuckart, 1841 Leuckart, 1841synonym
Madrepora echinata Pallas, 1766 Pallas, 1766ambiguous synonym
Fungia echinata var. undulata Döderlein, 1902 Döderlein, 1902synonym
Fungia ehrenbergi (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Fungia pectinata Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834synonym
Fungia ehrenbergii (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Fungia (Haliglossa) echinata (Pallas, 1866) (Pallas, 1866)synonym
Fungia rueppellii (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Fungia rüppellii (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Herpetolithus ruppelii Leuckart, 1841 Leuckart, 1841synonym
Fungia ehrenbergii var. gigantea Dana, 1846 Dana, 1846synonym
Fungia echinata f. neogenica Gerth, 1923 Gerth, 1923synonym
Haliglossa pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834)synonym
Ctenactis gigantea (Dana, 1846) (Dana, 1846)synonym
Fungia echinata var. gigantea Dana, 1846 Dana, 1846synonym
Herpetolitha rueppellii (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Herpetolithas rüppellii Leuckart, 1841 Leuckart, 1841synonym
Fungia echinata var. parvispina Döderlein, 1902 Döderlein, 1902synonym
Fungia (Ctenactis) echinata (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Fungia asperata Dana, 1846 Dana, 1846synonym
Fungia (Ctenactis) ehrenbergi (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym
Fungia gigantea Dana, 1846 Dana, 1846synonym
Fungia echinata (Pallas, 1766) (Pallas, 1766)synonym
Fungia limacina var. lobata Lamarck, 1816 Lamarck, 1816synonym
Herpetolithus ehrenbergii (Leuckart, 1841) (Leuckart, 1841)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216132 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3247Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.