Scleractinia taxon details

Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

1579843  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1579843)

accepted
Family
Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (type by monotypy)
Echinoporidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Echinoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favitidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Favitinae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Orbicellidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicellidae Vaughan, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Anisocoenia Reuss, 1866 †
  2. Genus Anoiasmilia Reig Oriol, 1988 †
  3. Genus Antiguastrea Vaughan, 1919 †
  4. Genus Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892
  5. Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801
  6. Genus Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
  7. Genus Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
  8. Genus Catalaphyllia Wells, 1971
  9. Genus Caulastraea Dana, 1846
  10. Genus Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
  11. Genus Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  12. Genus Defrancia Alloiteau, 1957 †
  13. Genus Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
  14. Genus Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
  15. Genus Favites Link, 1807
  16. Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  17. Genus Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  18. Genus Hydnophyllia Reis, 1889 †
  19. Genus Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  20. Genus Mckenziephyllia Jell, Cook & Jell, 2011 †
  21. Genus Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
  22. Genus Monticulastraea Duncan, 1880 †
  23. Genus Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  24. Genus Orbicella Dana, 1846
  25. Genus Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  26. Genus Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
  27. Genus Paraleptoria Budd & Bosellini, 2016 †
  28. Genus Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
  29. Genus Pectinia Blainville, 1825
  30. Genus Phacellocoenia Alloiteau & Tissier, 1958 †
  31. Genus Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
  32. Genus Placocoeniopsis Alloiteau, 1952 †
  33. Genus Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
  34. Genus Tarbellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †
  35. Genus Tarraconogyra Alloiteau, 1958 †
  36. Genus Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  37. Genus Acanthelia Wells, 1937 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Genus Acanthopora Verrill, 1864 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Aphrastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Genus Aphrastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Aquitanastraea Chevalier, 1954 † accepted as Montastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Genus Astraea Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Astrea Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  43. Genus Astreosmilia Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  44. Genus Astroria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  45. Genus Athecastraea Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Montastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Genus Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Genus Bikiniastrea Wells, 1954 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Genus Caeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Genus Callogyra Verrill, 1901 accepted as Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Genus Caulastrea Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  51. Genus Caulastrea Vaughan & Wells, 1943 † accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > unavailable name, nomen nullum)
  52. Genus Cellastrea Blainville, 1830 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Genus Chypastraea Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Genus Clavarina Verrill, 1864 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Genus Coelogyra Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Genus Coeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Genus Cricotheca Quenstedt, 1881 † accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Genus Cyphastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  59. Genus Dasyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Genus Dictyophyllia Blainville, 1830 † accepted as Stylina Lamarck, 1816 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Genus Dictyostraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
  62. Genus Dipsastrea Blainville, 1830 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  63. Genus Dyctioastraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (junior synonym)
  64. Genus Echinastrea De Blainville, 1830 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Genus Ellamoastraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Ellasmoastraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  66. Genus Ellasmoastraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  67. Genus Ellipsasteria Roniewicz, 1970 † accepted as Antiguastrea Vaughan, 1919 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  68. Genus Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Genus Favastrea de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Subfamily Favitinae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Genus Favoidea Reuss, 1866 † accepted as Anisocoenia Reuss, 1866 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Genus Goniastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  73. Genus Halysiastraea Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Genus Heliastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Genus Heliastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  76. Genus Hydnophoraraea Oppenheim, 1930 † accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Genus Hydnophorella Delage & Hérouard, 1901 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  78. Genus Ilerdogyra Reig Oriol, 1989 † accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  79. Genus Isastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 † accepted as Isastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 † (unaccepted > misspelling)
  80. Genus Monticularia Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  81. Genus Monticulina Saville-Kent, 1893 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  82. Genus Morchellastraea Alloiteau, 1941 † accepted as Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  83. Genus Morchellastrea Reig Oriol, 1990 † accepted as Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  84. Genus Mycedium Oken, 1815 accepted as Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  85. Genus Narcissastraea Pratz, 1883 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  86. Genus Paraclavarina Veron, 1985 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  87. Genus Parapectinia Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1981 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  88. Genus Parastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Dichocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  89. Genus Parastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Dichocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Genus Pectinia Oken, 1815 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  91. Genus Phyllastraea Dana, 1846 accepted as Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  92. Genus Phyllocoeniella Felix, 1926 † accepted as Tarbellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  93. Genus Phymastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  94. Genus Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  95. Genus Placastraea Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Placastrea Stoliczka, 1873 † (unaccepted > misspelling)
  96. Genus Plerastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  97. Genus Plerastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  98. Genus Plesiofavites Alloiteau, 1957 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  99. Genus Plesiophyllia Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  100. Genus Prionastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  101. Genus Prionastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Genus Quelchia Duncan, 1889 † accepted as Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Genus Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  104. Genus Staminocoenia Gregory, 1930 † accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  105. Genus Stephanocora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Genus Tridacophyllia Blainville, 1830 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  107. Genus Ulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  108. Genus Wellsophyllia Pichon, 1980 accepted as Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  109. Genus Dachiardia Duncan, 1880 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  110. Genus Holocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  111. Genus Placastrea Stoliczka, 1873 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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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]   
Status Milne Edwards (1857, p. 627) introduced the tribe Merulinacees, also providing the Latinized version of it (=Merulinaceae)....  
Status Milne Edwards (1857, p. 627) introduced the tribe Merulinacees, also providing the Latinized version of it (=Merulinaceae). Soon after, the family Merulinidae was used by Greene (1863, p. 208), clearly referring to Milne Edwards's work. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579843 on 2024-03-29
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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]   

original description  (of Favitinae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

original description  (of Orbicellidae Vaughan, 1902) Vaughan TW. (1902). The stony corals of the Porto Rican waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commision for 1900.</em> 20: 289-320, pls. 1-38. [details]   

original description  (of Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

original description  (of Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956) Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440. [details]   

original description  (of Echinoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) 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]   

original description  (of Merulinidae Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). Classification of polyps (extract condensed from Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition under Commodore C. Ringgold and Captain John Rodgers, U.S.N.). <em>Communications of the Essex Institute.</em> 4: 145–152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34752272 [details]   

original description  (of Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943) Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363. [details]   

original description  (of Favitidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

original description  (of Orbicellidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

original description  (of Echinoporidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill AE. (1901). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 63-168. [details]   

additional source Greene, J.R. (1863). A manual of the sub-kingdom Coelenterata. <em>London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green.</em> 306 pp. [details]   
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Status Milne Edwards (1857, p. 627) introduced the tribe Merulinacees, also providing the Latinized version of it (=Merulinaceae). Soon after, the family Merulinidae was used by Greene (1863, p. 208), clearly referring to Milne Edwards's work. [details]
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Japanese サザナミサンゴ科 [from synonym]ウミバラ科 [from synonym]  [details]

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