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Symphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

205189  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205189)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Lobophylliidae (Family)
  9. Symphyllia (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Subgenus Symphyllia (Isophyllia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Symphyllia (Isophyllia) erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Symphyllia acuta Quelch, 1886 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Symphyllia agaricia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  4. Species Symphyllia aglae Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Symphyllia anemone Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Symphyllia aspera Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Species Symphyllia conferta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Symphyllia cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Symphyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Symphyllia erythracea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
  11. Species Symphyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Symphyllia grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Species Symphyllia guadalupensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Symphyllia harttii Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym, homonym)
  15. Species Symphyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer, 1976 accepted as Lobophyllia hassi (Pillai & Scheer, 1976) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  16. Species Symphyllia helianthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Symphyllia hemispherica Tenison-Woods, 1879 accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Symphyllia indica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Symphyllia knoxi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonymy)
  20. Species Symphyllia labyrinthica Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Lobophyllia labyrinthica (Bassett-Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  21. Species Symphyllia marginata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Symphyllia nobilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Symphyllia radians Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, basionym)
  24. Species Symphyllia recta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Symphyllia simplex Crossland, 1948 accepted as Lobophyllia simplex (Crossland, 1948) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Symphyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Symphyllia strigosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Symphyllia subtilis Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Lobophyllia subtilis (Rehberg, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  29. Species Symphyllia thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  31. Species Symphyllia verrucosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Symphyllia wilsoni Veron, 1985 accepted as Australophyllia wilsoni (Veron, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details] 
Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the...  
Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the walls. Septa are large with very long teeth. Columella centres are broad and compact. Polyps are extended only at night. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Symphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205189 on 2025-05-04
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
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Hoeksema, Bert
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Hoeksema, Bert
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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details] 

basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Huang D, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Stolarski J, Chou LM, Budd AF. (2016). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 178(3): 436-481., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12391 [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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] 

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] 

additional source Budd 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 at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details] 

additional source Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details] 

 
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Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the walls. Septa are large with very long teeth. Columella centres are broad and compact. Polyps are extended only at night. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]

Remark Type species: Meandrina sinosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 form New Ireland (Veron, 1986). [details]
LanguageName 
English open brain coralbrain coral  [details]
Japanese ダイノウサンゴ属  [details]
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