WoRMS taxon details
Catalaphyllia Wells, 1971
206684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206684)
accepted
Genus
Catalaphyllia jardinei (Saville-Kent, 1893) (type by original designation)
- Species Catalaphyllia jardinei (Saville-Kent, 1893)
- Species Catalaphyllia okinawaensis Eguchi & Shirai, 1977 accepted as Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Catalaphyllia plicata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) sensu Wells, 1971 accepted as Catalaphyllia jardinei (Saville-Kent, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misidentification by Wells (1971))
- Species Catalaphyllia sabiuraensis (Eguchi, 1973) accepted as Catalaphyllia jardinei (Saville-Kent, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wells JW (1971) Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 7. Catalaphyllia, a new genus of reef corals. Pacific Science 25: 368-371. [details]
Description Very similar to Euphylia, so much so that the separation of these genera is more a result of historical custom than...
Description Very similar to Euphylia, so much so that the separation of these genera is more a result of historical custom than morphological division (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Catalaphyllia Wells, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206684 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Wells JW (1971) Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 7. Catalaphyllia, a new genus of reef corals. Pacific Science 25: 368-371. [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Rowlett J. (2020). Indo-Pacific Corals. <em>Rowlett (self-published).</em> pp. 1-809. [details] 
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]Unreviewed
Description Very similar to Euphylia, so much so that the separation of these genera is more a result of historical custom than morphological division (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
