African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Euphylliidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

AfReMaS taxon details

Euphylliidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

AphiaID

1507871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1507871)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Euphyllia Dana, 1846 (type by original designation)

Parent

Refertina

Original name

Euphylliidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857

Synonymised names

Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 · unaccepted > junior homonym (nomen nudum, without type genus)

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Genus Coeloseris Vaughan, 1918
Genus Ctenella Matthai, 1928
Genus Euphyllia Dana, 1846
Genus Fimbriaphyllia Veron & Pichon, 1980
Genus Galaxea Oken, 1815
Genus Gyrosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Genus Galaxea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Galaxea Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)

Environment

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

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]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Euphylliidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1507871 on 2026-07-08

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Euphylliidae Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1507871 on 2026-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-04-28 09:53:57Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2023-12-09 16:57:16Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2024-02-28 15:18:48Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2026-07-08 08:53:51Z

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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]

additional source Arrigoni, R., Stolarski, J., Terraneo, T.I., Hoeksema, B.W., Berumen, M.L., Payri, C., Montano, S., Benzoni, F. (2023). Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the scleractinian coral family Euphylliidae. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 92 (2): 130-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10041
page(s): 92 (2): 130-171 [details]

status source ICZN (2011) Coral taxon names published in ‘Corals of the world' by J.E.N. Veron (2000): potential availability confirmed under Article 86.1.2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 162-166. [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euphylliidae) (from synonym Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euphylliidae)