Acanthophyllia
creator: van der Land, Jacob
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: Acanthophyllia Wells, 1937
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Acanthophyllia Wells, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267187 on 2026-08-01
created: 2008-01-14T12:18:07Z
modified: 2025-02-25T11:07:01Z
replaces: 1581321
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acanthophyllia Wells, 1937
class: Hexacorallia
family: Lobophylliidae
genus: Acanthophyllia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Wells JW. (1937). Coral studies: Part II. Five new species of the Madreporaria. Five new genera of the Madreporaria. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 23 (97): 242-250, pl. 2.
name published in: Thomas HD. (1935). On Tricycloseris, Anabacia, and some new genera of Hexacoralla. The Geological Magazine. 72(9): 424-430.
name published in year: 1937
name published in year: 1935
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 1801361
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Wells, 1937
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted