Scleractinia name details
Explanaria Lamarck, 1816
513864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513864)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Explanaria alveolaris Goldfuss, 1829 † accepted as Latusastrea alveolaris (Goldfuss, 1829) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Explanaria argus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1768) accepted as Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Explanaria complanata Catullo, 1857 † accepted as Turbinaria complanata (Catullo, 1857) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria crassa Reuss, 1848 † accepted as Turbinaria crassa (Reuss, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria crater (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Turbinaria crater (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Explanaria galaxea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria galaxia Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Explanaria gemmacea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria infundibulum Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Turbinaria crater (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria lobata Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Stylina lobata (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria mesenterina Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Turbinaria mesenterina (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria tenera Reuss, 1848 † accepted as Turbinaria tenera (Reuss, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria thyrsoidea Reuss, 1848 † accepted as Turbinaria thyrsoidea (Reuss, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Explanaria turonensis d'Orbigny, 1849 † accepted as Turbinaria cyathiformis (de Blainville, 1830) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Explanaria ananas (Linnaeus, 1758) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Explanaria cinerascens (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Explanaria cristata Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Explanaria ringens Lamarck, 1816 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Explanaria Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513864 on 2025-09-10
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Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Extratentaular budding produces colonies of various shapes including vasiform, explanate, foliate, tabulate, encrusting, and hemispherical; corallites long, unifacially disposed; epitheca absent; septa arranged normally; columella well-developed, solid or spongy; zooxanthellate. [details]