Scleractinia name details

Lithophyllia Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

Holotype of Madrepora lacera Pallas, 1766
Holotype of Madrepora lacera Pallas, 1766

766610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766610)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Lobophylliidae (Family)
  9. Lithophyllia (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Madrepora lacera Pallas, 1766 accepted as Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Lithophyllia multilamella Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  2. Species Lithophyllia multilamellata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, misspelling)
  3. Species Lithophyllia radians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  4. Species Lithophyllia ampla Reuss, 1872 † accepted as Acanthophyllia ampla (Reuss, 1872) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  5. Species Lithophyllia argemone Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Lithophyllia basteroti (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) † accepted as Scolymia basteroti (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Lithophyllia brevis Reuss, 1869 † accepted as Scolymia brevis (Reuss, 1869) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  8. Species Lithophyllia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Lithophyllia cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Species Lithophyllia debilis Felix, 1885 † accepted as Scolymia debilis (Felix, 1885) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  11. Species Lithophyllia dubia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Lithophyllia explanata Gerth, 1921 † accepted as Fungophyllia explanata (Gerth, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  13. Species Lithophyllia gigas Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Scolymia gigas (Chevalier, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  14. Species Lithophyllia grandissima Felix, 1921 † accepted as Lobophyllia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Lithophyllia lacera (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Species Lithophyllia lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Lithophyllia margariticola (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger, 1879 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Lithophyllia martini Felix, 1913 † accepted as Scolymia martini (Felix, 1913) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  19. Species Lithophyllia michelotti (Michelin, 1841) † accepted as Scolymia michelotti (Michelin, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Lithophyllia palata Gardiner, 1899 accepted as Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Lithophyllia patula (MIchellotti, 1871) † accepted as Scolymia patula (Michelotti, 1871) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Lithophyllia spinosa Gerth, 1921 † accepted as Scolymia spinosa (Gerth, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  23. Species Lithophyllia sumatrensis Umbgrove, 1926 † accepted as Lobophyllia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Lithophyllia verbeeki Gerth, 1921 † accepted as Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Lithophyllia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877) accepted as Lobophyllia vitiensis (Brüggemann, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Lithophyllia Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766610 on 2026-10-13
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original description Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60646 [details] 

additional source Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1890). Report on the corals from Tizard and Macclesfield Banks, China Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History,.</em> 6(35): 353-374, 443-458, pls. 12-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939008694050
page(s): 358, 368 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Laborel J. (1967). A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. <em>Postilla Yale Peabody Museum.</em> 107: 1-14.
page(s): 11 [details] 
 
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Nontype BMNH, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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