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Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

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

accepted
Family
Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (type by monotypy)
Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892
  2. Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801
  3. Genus Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
  4. Genus Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
  5. Genus Catalaphyllia Wells, 1971
  6. Genus Caulastraea Dana, 1846
  7. Genus Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
  8. Genus Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  9. Genus Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
  10. Genus Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
  11. Genus Favites Link, 1807
  12. Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  13. Genus Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  14. Genus Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  15. Genus Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
  16. Genus Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  17. Genus Orbicella Dana, 1846
  18. Genus Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  19. Genus Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
  20. Genus Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
  21. Genus Pectinia Blainville, 1825
  22. Genus Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
  23. Genus Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
  24. Genus Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  25. Genus Astreosmilia Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  26. Genus Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Genus Caulastrea Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  28. Genus Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Genus Paraclavarina Veron, 1985 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Genus Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclop�dique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579843 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579843 on 2025-09-11
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2022-05-06 10:16:21Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-07 07:00:06Z
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2023-12-09 16:57:16Z
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2024-09-22 18:51:59Z
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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclop�dique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

original description (of Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901) Verrill A. E. (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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464046 [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] 

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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