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IRMNG taxon details

Scleractinia

11376  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11376)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
Bourne, 1900
accepted
Order

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  1. Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1902
  2. Family Acrosmiliidae †
  3. Family Actinacididae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 †
  4. Family Actinastreidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  5. Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847
  6. Family Agatheliidae Beauvais & Beauvais, 1975 †
  7. Family Agathiphylliidae †
  8. Family Alpinophylliidae Roniewicz, 1989 †
  9. Family Amphiastraeidae Ogilvie, 1897 †
  10. Family Andemantastraeidae †
  11. Family Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907
  12. Family Astraeomorphidae Frech, 1890 †
  13. Family Astrangiidae
  14. Family Astraraeidae Beauvais, 1982 †
  15. Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890
  16. Family Aulastraeoporidae Alloiteau, 1957 †
  17. Family Axosmiliidae Geyer, 1955 †
  18. Family Brachyphylliidae †
  19. Family Calamophylliidae †
  20. Family Carolastaeidae †
  21. Family Carolastraeidae Eliasova, 1976 †
  22. Family Caryophyllidae
  23. Family Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
  24. Family Cladophylliidae †
  25. Family Columastraeidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  26. Family Conophylliidae †
  27. Family Coryphylliidae †
  28. Family Coscinaraeidae Benzoni, Arrigoni, Stefani & Stolarski, 2012
  29. Family Cuifastraeidae Mel'nikova, 1983 †
  30. Family Curtoseriidae Melnikova, 1996 †
  31. Family Cyathophoridae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 †
  32. Family Cyclastraeidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  33. Family Cyclolitidae d'Orbigny, 1851 †
  34. Family Cyclophylliidae †
  35. Family Cyclophyllopsiidae †
  36. Family Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012
  37. Family Dendrogyridae †
  38. Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
  39. Family Dermosmiliidae Koby, 1889 †
  40. Family Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
  41. Family Distichophyllidae Cuif, 1976 †
  42. Family Donacosmiliidae Krasnov, 1970 †
  43. Family Eckastraeidae Morycowa in Morycowa & Szulc, 2006 †
  44. Family Elasmocoeniidae Duncan, 1884 †
  45. Family Ellipsosmiliidae †
  46. Family Euheliidae †
  47. Family Euphyllidae Veron, 2000
  48. Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952
  49. Family Eusmilidae
  50. Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900
  51. Family Felixaraeidae Beauvais, 1982 †
  52. Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905
  53. Family Fungiacyathidae Chevalier, 1987
  54. Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846
  55. Family Funginellidae †
  56. Family Gablonzeriidae †
  57. Family Gardinariidae
  58. Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996
  59. Family Gigantostyliidae †
  60. Family Guyniidae Hickson, 1910
  61. Family Haplaraeidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 †
  62. Family Heliastraeidae †
  63. Family Heterocoeniidae Oppenheim, 1930 †
  64. Family Hexapetalidae Eliášová, 1976 †
  65. Family Intersmiliidae Melnikova & Roniewicz, 1976 †
  66. Family Kobyastraeidae †
  67. Family Latomeandridae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  68. Family Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020
  69. Family Lithophylliidae
  70. Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012
  71. Family Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834
  72. Family Margarophylliidae Cuif, 1977 †
  73. Family Meandriidae †
  74. Family Meandrinidae Gray, 1847
  75. Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1866
  76. Genus Mespiluphyllia Löser, Cruz-Palma & Chesnel, 2025 †
  77. Family Micrabaciidae Vaughn, 1905
  78. Family Microsolenidae Koby, 1890 †
  79. Family Misistellidae †
  80. Family Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
  81. Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890
  82. Family Negoporitidae Eliášová, 1995 †
  83. Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847
  84. Family Opisthophyllidae †
  85. Family Oppelismiliidae Melnikova & Roniewicz, 2017 †
  86. Family Orbicellidae Vaughan
  87. Family Pachyphyllidae †
  88. Family Pachyphylliidae Beauvais, 1982 †
  89. Family Pachythecalidae Cuif, 1975 †
  90. Family Pamiroseriidae Melnikova, 1984 †
  91. Family Parasmiliidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  92. Family Parepismiliidae Melnikova & Roniewicz, 2017 †
  93. Family Phyllosmiliidae Felix, 1903 †
  94. Family Placocoeniidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  95. Family Placophylliidae d'Orbigny, 1849 †
  96. Family Placosmiliidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  97. Family Plerogyridae Rowlett, 2020
  98. Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842
  99. Family Polystylidiidae Lathuilière, Charbonnier & Pacaud, 2017 †
  100. Family Poritidae Gray, 1842
  101. Family Procyclolitidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 †
  102. Family Protoheterastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †
  103. Family Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
  104. Family Rayasmiliidae Löser, 2022 †
  105. Family Reimaniphylliidae Melnikova, 1975 †
  106. Family Rhipidastraeidae †
  107. Family Rhipidogyridae Koby, 1904 †
  108. Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851
  109. Family Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
  110. Family Scleractinia incertae sedis
  111. Family Siderasteridae
  112. Family Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943
  113. Family Smilostyliidae †
  114. Family Smilotrochiidae †
  115. Family Solenocoeniidae Roniewicz, 2008 †
  116. Family Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
  117. Family Stephanocyathidae Vaga, Cairns & Kitahara, 2024
  118. Family Stylinidae d'Orbigny, 1851 †
  119. Family Stylophyllidae Volz, 1896 †
  120. Family Sylviellidae Eliášová, 2015 †
  121. Family Synastraeidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
  122. Family Thamnasteriidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943
  123. Family Thecosmiliidae Duncan, 1884 †
  124. Family Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901
  125. Family Trochoidomeandridae Turnsek, 1981 †
  126. Family Trochosmiliidae
  127. Family Tropiastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †
  128. Family Turbinoliidae Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
  129. Family Volzeiidae Melnikova, 1974 †
  130. Family Zardinophyllidae Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1975 †
  131. Family Amphiastreidae Ogilvie, 1896 † accepted as Amphiastraeidae Ogilvie, 1897 †
  132. Family Conophyllidae † accepted as Conophylliidae †
  133. Family Dendrophyllidae accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
  134. Family Donacosmilidae † accepted as Donacosmiliidae Krasnov, 1970 †
  135. Family Guembelastraeidae Melnikova, 1984 † accepted as Tropiastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †
  136. Family Gumbelastraeidae † accepted as Guembelastraeidae Melnikova, 1984 † accepted as Tropiastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †
  137. Family Isastreidae Alloiteau, 1952 † accepted as Thecosmiliidae Duncan, 1884 † (synonym)
  138. Family Montlivaltiidae Dietrich, 1926 † accepted as Thecosmiliidae Duncan, 1884 † (synonym)
  139. Family Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Merulinidae Verrill, 1866
  140. Family Seriatoporidae accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842
  141. Family Siderastraeidae accepted as Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943
  142. Family Stylophoridae accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842
  143. Family Synastreidae accepted as Poritidae Gray, 1842
  144. Family Tropidastraeidae † accepted as Tropiastraeidae Cuif, 1977 † (misspelling (presumed))
  145. Family Zardinophylliidae † accepted as Zardinophyllidae Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1975 †
  146. Family Scleractinia (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Scleractinia. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11376 on 2026-03-29
Date
action
by
2010-05-31 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2024-05-25 06:07:49Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2024-05-27 07:51:42Z
changed
Rees, Tony

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

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

name verified source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

current name source World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version). , available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/ [details] 

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

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