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Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

1579843  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1579843)

accepted
Family
Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (type by monotypy)
Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892
Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801
Genus Catalaphyllia Wells, 1971
Genus Caulastraea Dana, 1846
Genus Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
Genus Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
Genus Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
Genus Favites Link, 1807
Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Genus Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
Genus Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Genus Orbicella Dana, 1846
Genus Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
Genus Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
Genus Pectinia Blainville, 1825
Genus Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
Genus Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
Genus Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Genus Astreosmilia Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Caeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Caulastrea Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Coeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Genus Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Prionastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Ulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (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. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2023) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579843 on 2023-06-04
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2023). African Register of Marine Species. Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579843 on 2023-06-04
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2022-05-06 10:16:21Z
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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (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]   

original description  (of Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

original description  (of Merulinidae Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Classification of polyps (extract condensed from Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Commodore C. Ringgold and Captain John Rodgers, U.S.N.). <em>Communications of the Essex Institute.</em> 4: 145–152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34752272 [details]   

original description  (of Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943) Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363. [details]   

additional source Greene, J.R. (1863). A manual of the sub-kingdom Coelenterata. <em>London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green.</em> 306 pp. [details]