Scleractinia taxon details
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
758260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758260)
accepted
Species
Astraea (Heliastraea) annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea (Orbicella) annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Astraea (Orbicella) stellulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Astrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyphastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cyphastraea oblita Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyphastrea costata Duncan, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Explanaria annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Heliastraea annularia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination (misspelling)
Heliastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Heliastrea acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Heliastrea stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Madrepora stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montastraea hispidula (Verill, 1901) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Montastrea hispidula (Verrill, 1901) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella acropora (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella annularis var. guineensis Gravier, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella annularis var. stellulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella hispidula Verrill, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orbicella stellulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Solenastrea stellulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Orbicella annularis var. guineensis Gravier, 1909 accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Orbicella annularis var. stellulata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details] 
Lectotype (of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander,...
Holotype (of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786) GLAHM 104008, verbatimGeounit 'Antilles' (Weil and... [details]
Lectotype (of Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 320, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758260 on 2026-09-02
original description
(of Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea oblita Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea costata Duncan, 1863) Duncan PM. (1863). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part I. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 19: 406-458, pls. 13-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1863.019.01-02.40 [details]
original description (of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Madrepora stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Orbicella annularis var. guineensis Gravier, 1909) Gravier, C. (1909). Madréporaires des îles San Thomé et du Prince (Golfe de Guinée). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 1(2), 1-28, pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Orbicella hispidula 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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Agassiz, L. (1880). Report on the Florida Reefs. <em>Memoires of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 7 (1): 1-61, pls. 1-23. [details]
additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
additional source Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
page(s): 4, 214 [details]
additional source Duerden, J.E. (1902). West Indian Madreporarian polyps. <em>Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 8: 401-648, pls. 1-25. [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details] Available for editors
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60631
page(s): 137, 139 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464152
page(s): 171, 200 [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 94-96, 100, 159 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1907). Additions to the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa of the Bermudas. Anthozoa. Verrill, A. E. New Haven, Conn., chapter 5, edition 2nd, volume 1, pp. 551-572
page(s): 552, 553 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E. (1866). On the polyps and corals from Panama with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 323-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492305
page(s): 323 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands. Part IV. Geology and paleontology, and part V. An account of the coral reefs. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 45-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14214322
page(s): 233 [details]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
original description (of Cyphastraea oblita Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332 [details]
original description (of Cyphastrea costata Duncan, 1863) Duncan PM. (1863). On the fossil corals of the West Indian Islands - Part I. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 19: 406-458, pls. 13-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1863.019.01-02.40 [details]
original description (of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Madrepora stellulata Ellis & Solander, 1786) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909 [details]
original description (of Orbicella annularis var. guineensis Gravier, 1909) Gravier, C. (1909). Madréporaires des îles San Thomé et du Prince (Golfe de Guinée). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 1(2), 1-28, pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Orbicella hispidula 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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Agassiz, L. (1880). Report on the Florida Reefs. <em>Memoires of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 7 (1): 1-61, pls. 1-23. [details]
additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
additional source Dana, J. D. (1849). Atlas. Zoophytes. C. Sherman. Philadelphia., pp. 12-01
page(s): 4, 214 [details]
additional source Duerden, J.E. (1902). West Indian Madreporarian polyps. <em>Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 8: 401-648, pls. 1-25. [details]
additional source Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12140 [details] Available for editors
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M, Wijsman-Best M. (1977). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph series.</em> 3: 1-233., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60631
page(s): 137, 139 [details] Available for editors
additional source Verrill A. E. (1901). Comparisons of the Bermudian, West Indian, and Brazilian Coral Faunae. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 11: 169-206, pls. 10-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13464152
page(s): 171, 200 [details]
additional source 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
page(s): 94-96, 100, 159 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
additional source Verrill, A. E. (1907). Additions to the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa of the Bermudas. Anthozoa. Verrill, A. E. New Haven, Conn., chapter 5, edition 2nd, volume 1, pp. 551-572
page(s): 552, 553 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E. (1866). On the polyps and corals from Panama with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 323-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492305
page(s): 323 [details]
additional source Verrill, A.E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands. Part IV. Geology and paleontology, and part V. An account of the coral reefs. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 45-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14214322
page(s): 233 [details]
new combination reference Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786) GLAHM 104008, verbatimGeounit 'Antilles' (Weil and... [details]
Lectotype (of Heliastrea rotulosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) MRSN 320, geounit Montserrat Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Orbicella hispidula Verrill, 1901) YPM 98, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) NMSR K 23 [details]
Unknown type (of Heliastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) MZUS, geounit American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Heliastrea acropora (Linnaeus, 1767)) MRSN 156, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Unknown type (of Heliastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) MRSN 159, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology zooxanthellate [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | common star coralCaribbean star coralboulder star coralboulder coral [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Knopfkoralle [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orbicella annularis)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1249762 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1228699-1)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (775 records)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orbicella annularis)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To GenBank (150 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Madrepora annularis Ellis & Solander, 1786)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Montastraea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786))
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1249762 topview)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1228699-1)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (775 records)
