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., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1130/spe44-p1[details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196104 on 2026-07-12
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. Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196104 on 2026-07-12
original descriptionVaughan 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., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1130/spe44-p1[details]
source of synonymyBudd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality