WoRMS name details
Lithophyllia Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857
766610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766610)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Madrepora lacera Pallas, 1766 accepted as Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) (type by original designation)
- Species Lithophyllia multilamella Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Lithophyllia multilamellata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, misspelling)
- Species Lithophyllia radians Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Lithophyllia argemone Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithophyllia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Scolymia cubensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithophyllia cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithophyllia dubia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithophyllia lacera (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lithophyllia lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lithophyllia margariticola (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger, 1879 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lithophyllia palata Gardiner, 1899 accepted as Cynarina lacrymalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 superseded combination)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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766610 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype BMNH, geounit Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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