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Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Living coral thickets on Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight
Living coral thickets on Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight

135123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135123)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Madreporidae (Family)
  9. Madrepora (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Madrepora arbuscula (Moseley, 1880) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  2. Species Madrepora astraeoites (Gümbel, 1861) †
  3. Species Madrepora bonelli Michelotti, 1871 †
  4. Species Madrepora bureaui Filliozat, 1914 †
  5. Species Madrepora costata Filliozat, 1914 †
  6. Species Madrepora crispa Michelotti, 1871 †
  7. Species Madrepora discors Michelotti, 1871 †
  8. Species Madrepora granulata (Tenison-Woods, 1880) †
  9. Species Madrepora minutiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  10. Species Madrepora mississippiensis Conrad, 1847 †
  11. Species Madrepora mitsukurii Niko, Suzuki & Taguchi, 2016 †
  12. Species Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Species Madrepora piresae Kitahara, Capel & Zilberberg, 2024
  14. Species Madrepora porcellana (Moseley, 1880)
  15. Species Madrepora porpita Parkinson, 1808 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  16. Species Madrepora punctulata Conrad, 1847 †
  17. Species Madrepora sobral Filkorn, 1994 †
  18. Species Madrepora tubulosa Catullo, 1857 †
  19. Species Madrepora vasseuri Filliozat, 1914 †
  20. Species Madrepora ananas Ellis & Solander, 1786 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  21. Species Madrepora astroites Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Madrepora calicularis Pallas, 1766 accepted as Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  23. Species Madrepora carolina (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Pseudomadrepora carolina (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Madrepora denticularis (Walch, 1775) accepted as Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Madrepora flexuosa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cladocora flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  26. Species Madrepora limbata Leymerie, 1846 † accepted as Stylina leymerieana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  27. Species Madrepora limbata Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Astrea limbata (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Stylina limbata (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Madrepora maeandrites Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  29. Species Madrepora obeliscus Michelin, 1844 † accepted as Stylina obeliscus (Michelin, 1844) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135123 on 2026-10-07
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135123 on 2026-10-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hoeksema, Bert
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-09-08 12:59:53Z
checked
Cairns, Stephen
2013-01-22 10:22:55Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2018-08-28 10:41:43Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-30 16:18:09Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2023-12-31 09:27:46Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2024-05-03 08:50:56Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards, H., Haime, J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypiers appartenant aux groupes naturels des Zoanthaires perforés et des Zoanthaires tabulés. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 29: 257-263. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [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): 360, 453 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bo, M.; Tazioli, S.; Spanò, N.; Bavestrello, G. (2008). Antipathella subpinnata (Antipatharia, Myriopathidae) in Italian seas. Italian Journal of Zoology, 75(2): 185-195, available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000701882908
page(s): 194 [details] 

additional source 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] 

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Keller, N. B.; Naumov, D. V.; Pasternak, F. A. (1975). Bottom deep-sea Coelenterata from the Gulf and Caribbean [In Russian]. Transactions of the Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 100, 147-159
page(s): 156 [details] 

additional source McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216, available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.16-930.119
page(s): 120 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details] 

additional source Studer T. (1879). Übersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der könglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878, 632-688.
page(s): 678 [details] 

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

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1, 6, 377-558.
page(s): 501 [details] OpenAccess publication

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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