Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy Although treated as a subgenus of Fungia by Hoeksma (1989), a 2011 paper elevated Pleuractis to generic level.Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 Gittenberger, A., B. T. Reijnen, and B. W. Hoeksema. 2011. A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. Contrib. Zool. 80:107–132.
Species The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:
Pleuractis alta (Nemenzo, 1983) Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879) Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955) Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919) Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833) Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993) Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema and Dai, 1991)
References
External links ReefCorner - Fungia Coral Database Entry