OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Mytiloida Mytilidae 

Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Fungicava eilatensis Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968
   Fungiacava gardineri Goreau & Goreau, 1969

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p. 8 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands): Bali
     Hoeksema, B.W. & Kleemann, K 2002. p.25 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes)
     Hoeksema, B.W. & Kleemann, K 2002. p.25 

Keywords

habit: boring, infaunal [ lives completely buried within the the corallum of the host Fungia; inhabits burrows of it's own construction within the coral skeleton (also Cycloseris, Diaseris) ]
habitat: shallow water 

References

 Goreau, T.F., Goreau, N.I. & Yonge, C.M. 1972. [ Distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Goreau, T.F., Goreau, N.I., Neumann, Y. & Yonge, C.M. 1970. p.167 [ ecology ]  Secondary source
 Hoeksema, B.W. and Achituv, Y. 1993. [ distribution; ecology; synonymy ]  Secondary source
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.50 General reference
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.50 Biology and ecology
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.50 Distribution
 Oliver, P.G. 1992. p.50 Anatomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Pteriomorphia
              Mytiloida
                Mytilidae Rafinesque, 1815
                  Fungiacava Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Young, 1968
                    Fungiacava eilatensis Goreau, Goreau, Neumann & Yonge, 1968

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53480) created by Mark Kitson on 2001-10-10. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2003-11-10.