WoRMS taxon details
Scleractinia
AphiaID: 1363
AphiaID: 1363
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Order | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hexacorallia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Madreporaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Vaughan, T.W. & Wells, J.W. 1943. Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America 44: 1–363. [details] additional source: Chevalier, J.P. & Beauvais, L. 1987. Ordre des Scleractiniaires, p. 403-764. In: Grasse PP (ed.), Traite de Zoologie, Cnidaires, Anthozoaires. Masson, Paris. [details] additional source: Wells, J.W. 1956. Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press, pp. 328–440. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1902 Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847 Family Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907 Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890 Family Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 Family Coscinaraeidae Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., 2012 Family Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012 Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 Family Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900 Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905 Family Fungiacyathidae Chavalier, 1987 Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846 Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996 Family Guyniidae Hickson, 1910 Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 Family Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1865 Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905 Family Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 Family Montlivaltiidae Dietrich, 1926 † Family Mussidae Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847 Family Pectiniidae Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842 Family Poritidae Family Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 Family Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000 Family Scleractinia incertae sedis Family Siderastreidae Family Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000 Family Trachyphylliidae Family Trochosmiliidae Family Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Scleractinia. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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