Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
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
- Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Name authority
- (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Genus
- Dipsastraea
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classAnthozoa
- subclassHexacorallia
- orderScleractinia Bourne, 1900
- suborderVacatina Okubo, 2016
- familyMerulinidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857
- genusDipsastraea Blainville, 1830
- speciesDipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dipsastraea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dipsastraea danai (Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipsastraea laddi (Wells, 1954) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsastraea matthaii (Vaughan, 1918) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipsastraea rosaria (Veron, 2000) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dipsastraea truncata (Veron, 2000) | MerulinidaeCnidaria | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) (Klunzinger, 1879) | synonym |
| Orbicella laxa Klunzinger, 1879 Klunzinger, 1879 | synonym |
| Plesiastrea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) (Klunzinger, 1879) | synonym |
| Goniastrea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879) (Klunzinger, 1879) | 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.
- Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, & Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166 (3): 465–529. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x 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:36QFK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.