WoRMS taxon details
Scleractinia AphiaID: 1363
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order)
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| Authority | Bourne, 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Hexacorallia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Madreporaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description Bourne G.C. (1900). The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84. [details] identification resource Vaughan, T.W. & Wells, J.W. 1943. Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America 44: 1–363. [details] [show all] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa (39) [sort alpha..] | Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1902 Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847Family Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890Family Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846Family Coscinaraeidae Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Stefani, F. & Stolarski, J., 2012Family Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847Family Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905Family Fungiacyathidae Chavalier, 1987Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996Family Guyniidae Hickson, 1910Family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009Family Meandrinidae Gray, 1847Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1865Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905Family Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941Family Montlivaltiidae Dietrich, 1926 †Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1842Family Poritidae Gray, 1842Family Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851Family Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000Family Scleractinia incertae sedisFamily Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943Family Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000Family  TrochosmiliidaeFamily Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848Family Euphyllidae Veron, 2000 accepted as Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900 accepted as Mussidae Ortmann, 1890Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 accepted as Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009Family Pectiniidae accepted as Merulinidae Verrill, 1865Family Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956 accepted as Merulinidae Verrill, 1865Family Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Verrill, 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1363 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B.; Cairns, S. (2015). Scleractinia. In: Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363 on 2017-07-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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