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Merulinidae Verrill, 1866

100502  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:100502)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Merulinidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801
    1. Species Astrea heliopora Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816)
    2. Species Astrea monile Forskål, 1775 accepted as Coscinaraea monile Forskal, 1775
    3. Species Astrea semispherica Defrance, 1826 † accepted as Cladangia semispherica (Defrance, 1826) †
  2. Genus Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
    1. Species Australogyra zelli (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
  3. Genus Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
    1. Species Boninastrea boninensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
  4. Genus Caulastraea Dana, 1846
    1. Species Caulastraea curvata Wijsman-Best, 1972
    2. Species Caulastraea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
    3. Species Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846
    4. Species Caulastraea plana (Hodgson & Ross, 1982)
    5. Species Caulastraea tumida Matthai, 1928
  5. Genus Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
  6. Genus Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907)
    2. Species Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775)
    3. Species Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
    4. Species Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2002
    5. Species Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
    6. Species Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
    7. Species Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846)
    8. Species Cyphastrea serailia (Forskål, 1775)
    9. Species Cyphastrea serialis (Forskål, 1775)
    10. Species Cyphastrea tanabensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932 accepted as Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
  7. Genus Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
    1. Species Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775)
  8. Genus Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
    1. Species Echinopora ashmorensis Veron, 1990
    2. Species Echinopora forskaliana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
    3. Species Echinopora fruticulosa Klunzinger, 1879
    4. Species Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816)
    5. Species Echinopora grandicula Claereboudt, 2006
    6. Species Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
    7. Species Echinopora horrida Dana, 1846
    8. Species Echinopora irregularis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2002
    9. Species Echinopora lamellosa (Esper, 1795)
    10. Species Echinopora mammiformis (Nemenzo, 1959)
    11. Species Echinopora pacificus Veron, 1990
    12. Species Echinopora pellucida Rehberg, 1891
    13. Species Echinopora robusta Veron, 2002
    14. Species Echinopora spinulosa Brüggemann
    15. Species Echinopora striatula Studer, 1878
    16. Species Echinopora taylorae Veron, 2002
    17. Species Echinopora tiranensis Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
    18. Species Echinopora carduus Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816)
    19. Species Echinopora concinna Verrill, 1901 accepted as Echinopora lamellosa (Esper, 1795)
  9. Genus Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983
    1. Species Erythrastrea flabellata Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983
    2. Species Erythrastrea wellsi (Ma, 1959)
  10. Genus Favites Link, 1807
    1. Species Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
    2. Species Favites acuticollis (Ortmann, 1889)
    3. Species Favites aspera Verrill
    4. Species Favites bennettae Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977
    5. Species Favites bestae Veron, 2002
    6. Species Favites chinensis (Verrill, 1866)
    7. Species Favites complanata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
    8. Species Favites diversiformis Michelin
    9. Species Favites favosa (Ellis & Solander)
    10. Species Favites flexuosa Dana, 1846
    11. Species Favites forbesii Haime & Milne-Edwards
    12. Species Favites halicora (Ehrenberg, 1834)
    13. Species Favites micropentagona Veron, 2002
    14. Species Favites paraflexuosa Veron, 2002
    15. Species Favites pentagona (Esper, 1794)
    16. Species Favites peresi Faure & Pichon, 1978
    17. Species Favites robusta (Dana)
    18. Species Favites russelli (Wells, 1954)
    19. Species Favites spinosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
    20. Species Favites stylifera Yabe & Sugiyama, 1937
    21. Species Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879)
    22. Species Favites melicerum accepted as Favia bestae Veron, 2000
    23. Species Favites rotundata Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977 accepted as Favia rotundata (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman Best, 1977)
    24. Species Favites virens Dana, 1846 accepted as Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  11. Genus Fungophyllia Gerth, 1923 †
  12. Genus Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Goniastrea aspera Verrill, 1905
    2. Species Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
    3. Species Goniastrea columella Crossland
    4. Species Goniastrea deformis Veron, 1990
    5. Species Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971
    6. Species Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846)
    7. Species Goniastrea halicora (Ehrb.)
    8. Species Goniastrea hombroni Rosseau
    9. Species Goniastrea minuta Veron, 2002
    10. Species Goniastrea palauensis (Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936)
    11. Species Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
    12. Species Goniastrea ramosa Veron, 2002
    13. Species Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
    14. Species Goniastrea thecata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2002
    15. Species Goniastrea incrustans Duncan, 1889 accepted as Goniastrea aspera Verrill, 1905
    16. Species Goniastrea laxa Quelch accepted as Favia laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
    17. Species Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Goniastrea australensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
  13. Genus Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
    1. Species Hydnophora bonsai Veron, 1990
    2. Species Hydnophora columellata Rehberg, 1891
    3. Species Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
    4. Species Hydnophora grandis Gardiner, 1906
    5. Species Hydnophora gyrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
    6. Species Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816)
    7. Species Hydnophora pilosa Veron, 1985
    8. Species Hydnophora rigida (Dana, 1846)
    9. Species Hydnophora contignatio (Forskal) accepted as Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
    10. Species Hydnophora demidovii (Fischer de Waldheim, 1807) accepted as Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
    11. Species Hydnophora tenella Quelch, 1886 accepted as Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
  14. Genus Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Leptoria gracilis (Dana)
    2. Species Leptoria irregularis Veron, 1990
    3. Species Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
    4. Species Leptoria tenuis Dana, 1846 accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  15. Genus Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
    1. Species Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
    2. Species Merulina regalis Dana, 1846
    3. Species Merulina scabricula Dana, 1846
    4. Species Merulina scheeri Head, 1983
    5. Species Merulina studeri Bedot, 1907
  16. Genus Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
    1. Species Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766)
    2. Species Mycedium mancaoi Nemenzo, 1979
    3. Species Mycedium mancoi Nemenzo, 1979
    4. Species Mycedium robokaki Moll & Best, 1984
    5. Species Mycedium spina Ditlev, 2003
    6. Species Mycedium steeni Veron, 2002
    7. Species Mycedium tuediae (Dana, 1846)
    8. Species Mycedium umbra Veron, 2002
    9. Species Mycedium tenuicostatum Verrill accepted as Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766)
    10. Species Mycedium tubifex (Dana) accepted as Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766)
  17. Genus Orbicella Dana, 1846
  18. Genus Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
    2. Species Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816)
    3. Species Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo, 1959
    4. Species Oulophyllia spinosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  19. Genus Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
  20. Genus Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
  21. Genus Pectinia Blainville, 1825
    1. Species Pectinia africanus Veron, 2002
    2. Species Pectinia alcicornis (Saville-Kent, 1871)
    3. Species Pectinia crassa Ditlev, 2003
    4. Species Pectinia elongata Rehberg, 1892
    5. Species Pectinia lactuca (Pallas, 1766)
    6. Species Pectinia maxima (Moll & Borel-Best, 1984)
    7. Species Pectinia paeonia (Dana, 1846)
    8. Species Pectinia pseudomeandrites d'Archiardi, 1867 †
    9. Species Pectinia pygmaeus Veron, 2002
    10. Species Pectinia teres Nemenzo, 1981
    11. Species Pectinia ayleni Veron, 2000 accepted as Pectinia crassa Ditlev, 2003
    12. Species Pectinia ayleni Wells, 1934 accepted as Physophyllia ayleni (Wells, 1934)
  22. Genus Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
    1. Species Physophyllia ayleni (Wells, 1934)
    2. Species Physophyllia patula Hodgson & Ross, 1982
  23. Genus Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
    1. Species Platygyra acuta Veron, 2002
    2. Species Platygyra acutua Veron, 2002
    3. Species Platygyra carnosus Veron, 2002
    4. Species Platygyra contorta Veron, 1990
    5. Species Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai, 1928)
    6. Species Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
    7. Species Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834)
    8. Species Platygyra pini Chevalier, 1975
    9. Species Platygyra rustica (Dana, 1846)
    10. Species Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
    11. Species Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
    12. Species Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976
    13. Species Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai, 1977)
    14. Species Platygyra astreiformis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
    15. Species Platygyra zelli Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977 accepted as Australogyra zelli (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
  24. Genus Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Scapophyllia cylindrica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  25. Genus Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
    1. Species Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Audouin, 1826
  26. Genus Acanthelia Wells, 1937 † accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  27. Genus Acanthopora Verrill, 1864 † accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  28. Genus Actinhelia Duncan, 1880 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  29. Genus Antillophyllia Vaughan, 1932 † accepted as Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)
  30. Genus Aphrastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (synonym)
  31. Genus Astraeosmilia Ortmann, 1892 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (junior synonym)
  32. Genus Astroria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
  33. Genus Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Barabattoia amicorum (Edwards & Haime, 1850)
    2. Species Barabattoia laddi (Wells, 1954)
    3. Species Barabattoia mirabilis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
  34. Genus Bikiniastrea Wells, 1954 accepted as Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
  35. Genus Caeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
    1. Species Caeloria crosslandi Matthai
    2. Species Caeloria daedalea Ellis & Scholander
  36. Genus Callogyra Verrill, 1901 accepted as Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synonym)
  37. Genus Caulastrea Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (wrong spelling)
    1. Species Caulastrea curvata Wijsman-Best, 1972 accepted as Caulastraea curvata Wijsman-Best, 1972
    2. Species Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) accepted as Caulastraea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
    3. Species Caulastrea furcata Dana, 1846 accepted as Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846
    4. Species Caulastrea plana Hodgson & Ross, 1982 accepted as Caulastraea plana (Hodgson & Ross, 1982)
    5. Species Caulastrea tumida Matthai, 1928 accepted as Caulastraea tumida Matthai, 1928
  38. Genus Clavarina Verrill, 1864 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonymy)
    1. Species Clavarina composita Rehberg, 1891
    2. Species Clavarina triangularis Veron & Pichon, 1979 accepted as Paraclavarina triangularis (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
  39. Genus Coelogyra Nemenzo, 1959 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
  40. Genus Coeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym, wrong spelling)
    1. Species Coeloria arabica Klunzinger, 1879
    2. Species Coeloria australiensis Rehberg, 1891
    3. Species Coeloria deltoides Rehberg, 1891
    4. Species Coeloria elegans Rehberg, 1891
    5. Species Coeloria leptoticha Klunzinger, 1879
  41. Genus Dasyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Caulastraea Dana, 1846 (synonym)
  42. Genus Echinastrea de Blainville, 1830 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  43. Genus Favastrea de Blainville, 1834 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (synonym)
  44. Genus Heliastraea Milne Edwards, 1857 accepted as Heliastrea Milne Edwards, 1857 †
  45. Genus Heliastrea Milne Edwards, 1857 † accepted as Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 (synonym)
    1. Species Heliastrea ellisiana †
    2. Species Heliastrea guellardi †
  46. Genus Hydnophoraraea Oppenheim, 1930 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  47. Genus Hydnophorella Delage & Hérouard, 1901 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (synonym)
  48. Genus Monticularia Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (synonym)
    1. Species Monticularia meandrina Michelin
  49. Genus Monticulina Saville-Kent, 1893 accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (synonym)
  50. Genus Mycedia Dana, 1848 accepted as Agaricia Lamarck, 1801
  51. Genus Paraclavarina Veron, 1985 accepted as Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
    1. Species Paraclavarina triangularis (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977)
  52. Genus Parapectinia Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1981 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825 (synonym)
  53. Genus Parastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Dichocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  54. Genus Phyllastraea Dana, 1846 accepted as Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (synonym)
  55. Genus Phyllastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  56. Genus Phymastraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (wrong spelling)
  57. Genus Phymastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807
  58. Genus Prionastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Favites Link, 1807 (synonym ?)
    1. Species Prionastrea rodericana Brüggemann
    2. Species Prionastrea scabra Brüggemann
  59. Genus Staminocoenia Gregory, 1930 † accepted as Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  60. Genus Stephanocora Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Echinopora Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  61. Genus Trachypora Verrill, 1864 accepted as Oxypora Saville-Kent, 1871
  62. Genus Tridacophyllia Blainville, 1830 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825 (synonym)
    1. Species Tridacophyllia elongata Rehberg, 1891
    2. Species Tridacophyllia cervicornis Moseley, 1881 accepted as Dactylotrochus cervicornis (Moseley, 1881)
    3. Species Tridacophyllia primordialis Gardiner, 1899 accepted as Dactylotrochus cervicornis (Moseley, 1881)
  63. Genus Trydacnophyllia Prever, 1921 accepted as Pectinia Blainville, 1825
  64. Genus Ulophyllia Milne Edwards, 1857 accepted as Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (synonym)
    1. Species Ulophyllia maxima Rehberg, 1891
    2. Species Ulophyllia stuhlmanni Rehberg, 1891
    3. Species Ulophyllia aspera Quelch, 1886 accepted as Oulophyllia crispa (Lamarck, 1816)
  65. Genus Wellsophyllia Pichon, 1980 accepted as Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (synony)
  66. Genus Boninastraea (uncertain, unassessed)
  67. Genus Phyllastraea Wilkes, 1848 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2021). Merulinidae Verrill, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100502 on 2024-11-17
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details] 

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Zoantharia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Faviina (Suborder) > Merulinidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Anthozoans, marine (characteristic of class) (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Upper Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
To WoRMS 
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