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Stylophora Schweigger, 1820

204068  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204068)

accepted
Genus
Madrepora pistillaris Esper, 1797 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (type by original designation)
Anthopora Gray, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Axohelia (Stylophora) Schweigger, 1820 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyphastreaopsis Reig Oriol, 1994 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Phyllopora Tenison-Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sideropora Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stylacropora Kuehn, 1948 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stylomadrepora Oppenheim, 1923 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stylopora Schweigger, 1820 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Stylophora compressa Gardiner, 1898 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  2. Species Stylophora danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  3. Species Stylophora ehrenbergi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
  4. Species Stylophora flabellata Quelch, 1886
  5. Species Stylophora kuehlmanni Scheer & Pillai, 1983
  6. Species Stylophora lobata Gardiner, 1898
  7. Species Stylophora madagascarensis Veron, 2000
  8. Species Stylophora mamillata Scheer & Pillai, 1983
  9. Species Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792)
  10. Species Stylophora rugosa Gardiner, 1898 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  11. Species Stylophora subseriata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  12. Species Stylophora wellsi Scheer, 1964
  13. Species Stylophora armata (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Stylocoeniella armata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Stylophora cellulosa Quelch, 1886 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Stylophora danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 accepted as Stylophora danae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  16. Species Stylophora dendritica Nemenzo, 1964 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Stylophora digitata (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Stylophora digitata de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Stylophora dumetosa (Duchassaing, 1870) accepted as Madracis myriaster (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Stylophora elongata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Stylophora erythrea Von Marenzeller, 1907 accepted as Stylophora erythraea Von Marenzeller, 1907 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  22. Species Stylophora expanda Nemenzo, 1964 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Stylophora guentheri Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Stylocoeniella guentheri (Bassett-Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  24. Species Stylophora hassi Scheer, 1967 accepted as Stylophora wellsi Scheer, 1964 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Stylophora madagascariensis Veron, 2000 accepted as Stylophora madagascarensis Veron, 2000 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  26. Species Stylophora mirabilis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Madracis myriaster (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Stylophora mordax (Dana, 1846) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Stylophora nana Nemenzo, 1964 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Stylophora palmata (de Blainville, 1830) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Stylophora pistillaris (Esper, 1797) accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Stylophora prostrata Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Stylophora septata Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Stylophora sinaitica Brüggemann, 1877 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Stylophora stellata Verrill, 1864 accepted as Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Stylophora erythraea Von Marenzeller, 1907 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  36. Species Stylophora gradata Dana, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Schweigger, A. F. (1820). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere. <em>Leipzig, Im Verlag der Dyk'schen Buchhandlung.</em> 1-802., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39152641 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stylophora Schweigger, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204068 on 2025-07-09
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1997-02-03 14:17:27Z
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2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
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Garcia, Maria
2014-03-15 10:57:36Z
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2014-04-21 09:20:09Z
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2018-08-15 18:21:15Z
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2022-06-22 22:21:34Z
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Nomenclature

original description Schweigger, A. F. (1820). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere. <em>Leipzig, Im Verlag der Dyk'schen Buchhandlung.</em> 1-802., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39152641 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sideropora Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] 

original description (of Phyllopora Tenison-Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On three new genera and one new species of Madreporaria corals. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 92-99, pl. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22219 [details] 

original description (of Anthopora Gray, 1835) Gray JE. (1835). Characters of two new genera of corals, <i>Errina</i> and <i>Anthophora</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1835: 85-86. [details] 

original description (of Cyphastreaopsis Reig Oriol, 1994 †) Reig Oriol JM. (1994). Madreporarios Cretácicos de Cataluña. <em>. Privately published, Barcelona.</em> 60 pp. [details] 

original description (of Stylomadrepora Oppenheim, 1923 †) Oppenheim, P. (1923). Über eine Eocänfauna der Polje von Lukavac bei Nevesinje in der Herzegowina, 100 p., 4 pls. Paul Oppenheim, Berlin. [details] 

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

basis of record Sprinkle, J.T. (1980). An overview of the fossil record. – In: Broadhead, T.W.W.J.A. (ed.): Echinoderms, notes for a short course 3. – pp. 15-26, University of Tennessee, Department of Geological Sciences. Knoxville, TN, United States.
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 513, 518 [details] 

additional source Fowler, G. H. (1888). The anatomy of the Madreporaria: IV. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. New Series.</em> 28 (3): 413-430, pls. 32-33.
page(s): 414 [details] 

additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 71 [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 Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 701 [details] 

additional source Robertson R. (1970). Review of the predators and parasites of stony Corals, with special reference to symbiotic Prosobranch Gastropods. <i>Pacific Science 24 (1)</i>: 43-54
page(s): 46, 48 [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 Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1935). Revised list of the reef-corals from the Japanese seas and of the fossil reef corals of the raised reefs and the Ryukyu limestone of Japan. <em>Journal of the Geological Society of Japan.</em> 42: 379-403.
page(s): 383 [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] 

additional source Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
page(s): 35, 108 [details] 

 
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