WoRMS name details
Lithophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 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 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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)
- 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)
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. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Lithophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766610 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
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]
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. [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. [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]
