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Meandrina Lamarck, 1801

Label from the holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila.

AphiaID

206740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206740)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Meandrinidae Gray, 1847

Parent

Meandrinidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Meandrina Lamarck, 1801

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Subgenus Meandrina (Mirmidia) De Gregorio, 1884 †
1. Species Meandrina (Mirmidia) serafina De Gregorio, 1884 †
Species Meandrina alahuelaensis Budd, 1992 †
Species Meandrina ambigua Michelin, 1845 †
Species Meandrina angigyra Reuss, 1848 †
Species Meandrina antiguensis (Vaughan, 1919) †
Species Meandrina aurasiaca Michelin, 1841 †
Species Meandrina bowersi (Vaughan, 1917) †
Species Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Meandrina corrugata Michelin, 1843 †
Species Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Species Meandrina dumblei (Vaughan, 1919) †
Species Meandrina equisepta (Gregory, 1900) †
Species Meandrina filogranaeformis Catullo, 1857 †
Species Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
Species Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Meandrina medlicotti (Duncan, 1880) †
Species Meandrina portoricensis (Vaughan, 1919) †
Species Meandrina profunda Michelin, 1842 †
Species Meandrina radiata Michelin, 1847 †
Species Meandrina reticulata Reuss, 1848 †
Species Meandrina singularis (Martin, 1880) †
Species Meandrina stellifera Catullo, 1857 †
Species Meandrina subcircularis Catullo, 1857 †
Species Meandrina taramellii (Dainelli, 1915) †
Species Meandrina bisinuosa Michelin, 1842 † accepted as Dendrogyra bisinuosa (Michelin, 1842) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Meandrina braziliensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Meandrina cristata Catullo, 1857 † accepted as Lobophyllia cristata (Catullo, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Meandrina labyrinthica Klipstein, 1843 † accepted as Andrazella labyrinthica (Klipstein, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Meandrina lotharinga Michelin, 1843 † accepted as Meandrophyllia lotharinga (Michelin, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Meandrina rastellina Michelin, 1843 † accepted as Myriophyllia rastellina (Michelin, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Meandrina cottaldina d’Orbigny, 1850 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina daedalea Lamarck, 1816 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck, 1816 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina michelini Reuss, 1854 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina phrygia Lamarck, 1816 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina soemmeringii Münster in Goldfuss, 1829 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina tenella Goldfuss, 1826 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Meandrina vidali Mallada, 1892 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Meandrina Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206740 on 2025-05-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Meandrina Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206740 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-09-03 22:03:43Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2018-08-16 19:12:21Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2019-08-25 11:38:48Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-10 10:52:12Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2024-09-22 18:51:59Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. [details]

additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. American Journal of Science. 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]

additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]

additional source Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia. 472 pp. [details]

additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 702 [details]