Scleractinia name details
Heliastrea Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857
765355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765355)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Heliastrea abdita Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Solenastrea bournoni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea aperta (Verrill, 1868) accepted as Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea borradailei Gardiner, 1904 accepted as Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) † accepted as Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Heliastrea forskaelana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Echinopora forskaliana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea guettardi (Defrance, 1826) † accepted as Echinopora guettardi (Defrance, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Heliastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heliastrea lamarckii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
- Species Heliastrea orion (Dana, 1846) accepted as Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea ortiva Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Echinopora ortiva (Stoliczka, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heliastrea radiata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea rocheltina (Michelin, 1842) † accepted as Echinopora rochetteana (Michelin, 1842) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
- Species Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea rotunda Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Echinopora rotunda (Stoliczka, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heliastrea solidior (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heliastrea stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (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.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Heliastrea Haime & Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765355 on 2026-09-21
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Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (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 Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]