Echinopora
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Echinopora Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205519 on 2026-08-01
created: 1997-02-03T15:17:27Z
modified: 2022-11-25T11:16:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
class: Hexacorallia
family: Merulinidae
genus: Echinopora
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière.
name published in: Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. Journal of Paleontology. 11: 73-77.
name published in: 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.
name published in: Blainville, D. de. (1816-1830). Dictionnaire des Sciences naturelles. Art. Planaire in Tom. 41. Paris 1826. p. 204-218. Art. Vers in Tom. 57. Paris 1828. p 530, 577-579. Planches, 2 partie: Règne organisé, Zoologie, Vers et Zoophytes. Paris 1816 to 1830. tab 40.
name published in: Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380.
name published in: Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1: 29-60.
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1937
name published in year: 1857
name published in year: 1816-1830
name published in year: 1834
name published in year: 1864
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 1579843
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Lamarck, 1816
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted