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Rename Tubastrea => Tubastraea (EA => AEA)
editIt looks like EA is common misspelling. [WoRMS] and [ITIS] refers only AEA version. [EOL] generally refers to AEA, but sometimes to EA too. Generally on the Internet EA is more widespread, but since it's scientific name I think we should rename to AEA --Alexander Vasenin (talk) 07:46, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
- done --Alexander Vasenin (talk) 15:34, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
hermatypic
editThis article currently states:
- "Sun corals [tubastraea] belong to a group of corals known as large-polyp stony corals. This means that while they produce a hard skeleton, they do not build reefs [Hawaii Coral Reef Network. 2005. Family Dendrophyllidae: Cup Corals]."
I haven't been able to find that source, but I do have a scholarly source which contradicts it:
- A reef-building coral without the support of zooxanthellae A reef is a persistent, positive topographic biogen structure, rising up to the surface of the sea and characterized by its capability to resist hydrodynamic stress. [..] Mechanical strength in branching [corals] (e.g. Acropora species) is [found to be] superior to that in massive forms. Among the branching forms Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg 1834) is especially noteworthy for its extraordinary mechanical qualities. Although conventionally grouped with the ahermatypic corals because of the absence of zooxanthellae, this species equals or even surpasses the strongest hermatypic zooxanthellate corals, including well-recognized reef-builders as Acropora cervicornis and A. palmata. T. micranthus [..] is frequent in 4-20 m depth[..] with rigid arborescent colonies rising up to 1 m above the bottom. The broadened and heavily calcified trunk provides a solid foothold against currents up to at least 1 m/s. Because of this mechanical strength T. micranthus colonies were the only ones that remained erect in dynamite-blasted reefs. By its structure and morphology T. micranthus fits well into the category of primary framework-builders [alongside A. palifera and unlike T. aurea.] - What is "hermatypic"?
Perhaps a previous author was confused by terminology? Cesiumfrog (talk) 04:08, 19 May 2015 (UTC)