WoRMS taxon details
Helioporidae Moseley, 1876
196193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196193)
accepted
Family
Helioporacea · unaccepted
- Genus Acropsammia Gerth, 1933 †
- Genus Dactylacis d'Orbigny, 1849 †
- Genus Eomontipora Gregory, 1932 †
- Genus Heliopora de Blainville, 1830
- Genus Javanopora Gerth, 1933 †
- Genus Nanipora Miyazaki & Reimer, 2015
- Genus Octotremacis Gregory, 1900 †
- Genus Parapolytremacis Alloiteau, 1957 †
- Genus Polytremacis d'Orbigny, 1849 †
- Genus Progonopora Gerth, 1933 †
- Genus Pseudopolytremacis Morycowa, 1971 †
- Genus Selidolithus Alloiteau, 1957 †
- Genus Helipora de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Heliopora de Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Polysolenia Reuss, 1866 † accepted as Octotremacis Gregory, 1900 † (synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Moseley HN. (1876). On the structure and relations of the Alcyonarian Heliopora caeruea, with some account of the anatomy of a species of Sarcophyton; notes on the structure of species of the genera Millepora, Pocillopora and Stylaster, and remarks on the affinities of certain Palaeozoic corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 166 (1): 91-129. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Helioporidae Moseley, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196193 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Moseley HN. (1876). On the structure and relations of the Alcyonarian Heliopora caeruea, with some account of the anatomy of a species of Sarcophyton; notes on the structure of species of the genera Millepora, Pocillopora and Stylaster, and remarks on the affinities of certain Palaeozoic corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 166 (1): 91-129. [details]
original description (of Helioporacea) Bock S. (1938). The alcyonarian genus Bathyalcyon. <em>KungligaSvenka Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (Tredje Serien).</em> 16 (5): 1–54. [details]
original description (of Helioporacea) Bock S. (1938). The alcyonarian genus Bathyalcyon. <em>KungligaSvenka Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (Tredje Serien).</em> 16 (5): 1–54. [details]
Other
additional source
Morales HH, Löser H. (2018). Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 287 (3): 351-363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0722 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
