WoRMS taxon details
Scleractinia
Madreporaria · unaccepted (synonymy)
Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1901
Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847
Family Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907
Family Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890
Family Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Family Cladocoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Coscinaraeidae Benzoni, Arrigoni, Stefani & Stolarski, 2012
Family Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012
Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
Family Diploastraeidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905
Family Fungiacyathidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846
Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996
Family Guyniidae Hickson, 1910
Family Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020
Family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009
Family Meandrinidae Gray, 1847
Family Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905
Family Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847
Family Oulastreidae Vaughan, 1919
Family Plerogyridae Rowlett, 2020
Family Plesiastreidae Dai & Horng, 2009
Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840
Family Poritidae Gray, 1840
Family Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851
Family Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Family Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Family Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Family Agariciadae Gray, 1847 accepted as Agariciidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Anthemiphyllidae Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Astraeidae Dana, 1846 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Astrangidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Caryophylliadae Gray, 1847 accepted as Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Family Cladocoridae de Fromentel, 1861 accepted as Cladocoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Dendrogyridae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Dendrophyllidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Diplocteniopsidae Zlatarski, 1968 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Echinoporidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Euheliidae de Fromentel, 1861 accepted as Stylinidae d'Orbigny, 1851 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Euphyllidae Veron, 2000 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym, misspelling)
Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Euphylliidae Veron, 2002 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Eupsammiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (synonymy)
Family Eupsammiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (synonymy)
Family Eusmiliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Eusmillidae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonymy)
Family Favitidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Isoporidae Vaughan, 1902 accepted as Acroporidae Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 accepted as Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009 (synonymy)
Family Madreporidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Family Madreporidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Oculinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Maeandrinidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Meandrinidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Orbicellidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Orbicellidae Vaughan, 1902 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Family Pachyseridae (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Family Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Seriatoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Siderastraeidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Family Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Stylophoridae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Stylophoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Family Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Turbinolidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Scleractinia incertae sedis (temporary name)
Family Echinoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Suborder Refertina (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Suborder Vacatina (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847
Family Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907
Family Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890
Family Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Family Cladocoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Coscinaraeidae Benzoni, Arrigoni, Stefani & Stolarski, 2012
Family Deltocyathidae Kitahara, Cairns, Stolarski & Miller, 2012
Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
Family Diploastraeidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905
Family Fungiacyathidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846
Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996
Family Guyniidae Hickson, 1910
Family Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020
Family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009
Family Meandrinidae Gray, 1847
Family Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
Family Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905
Family Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
Family Oculinidae Gray, 1847
Family Oulastreidae Vaughan, 1919
Family Plerogyridae Rowlett, 2020
Family Plesiastreidae Dai & Horng, 2009
Family Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840
Family Poritidae Gray, 1840
Family Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851
Family Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Family Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Family Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Family Agariciadae Gray, 1847 accepted as Agariciidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Anthemiphyllidae Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Astraeidae Dana, 1846 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Astrangidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Caryophylliadae Gray, 1847 accepted as Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Family Cladocoridae de Fromentel, 1861 accepted as Cladocoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Dendrogyridae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Dendrophyllidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Diplocteniopsidae Zlatarski, 1968 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Echinoporidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Euheliidae de Fromentel, 1861 accepted as Stylinidae d'Orbigny, 1851 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Euphyllidae Veron, 2000 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym, misspelling)
Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Euphylliidae Veron, 2002 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Eupsammiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (synonymy)
Family Eupsammiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (synonymy)
Family Eusmiliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Eusmillidae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Faviidae Gregory, 1900 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonymy)
Family Favitidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Isoporidae Vaughan, 1902 accepted as Acroporidae Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 accepted as Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009 (synonymy)
Family Madreporidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Family Madreporidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Oculinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Maeandrinidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Meandrinidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Orbicellidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Orbicellidae Vaughan, 1902 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Family Pachyseridae (unaccepted > unavailable name)
Family Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Seriatoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Siderastraeidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, misspelling)
Family Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Stylophoridae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Stylophoridae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
Family Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Turbinolidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Family Scleractinia incertae sedis (temporary name)
Family Echinoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Suborder Refertina (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Suborder Vacatina (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bourne G.C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21119831 [details]
WoRMS (2023). Scleractinia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363 on 2023-05-28
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original description
Bourne G.C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21119831 [details]
original description (of Madreporaria) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
basis of record 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 Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
additional source Chevalier, J.P., Beauvais, L. (1987). Ordre des Scleractiniaires in: Cnidaires, anthozoaires. <em>Traite de Zoologie.</em> Tome III, Fascicule 3: 403-764. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440. [details]
original description (of Madreporaria) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]
basis of record 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 Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312. [details]
additional source Chevalier, J.P., Beauvais, L. (1987). Ordre des Scleractiniaires in: Cnidaires, anthozoaires. <em>Traite de Zoologie.</em> Tome III, Fascicule 3: 403-764. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | steenkoralen | [details] |
| English | true coralsstony coralsscleractiniansmadreporarian coralshard corals | [details] |
| German | SteinkorallenRiffkorallen | [details] |
| Italian | sclerattinia | [details] |
| Japanese | イシサンゴ目 | [details] |
| Lithuanian | akmeniniai koralai | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Σκληρακτίνια | [details] |
| Norwegian | steinkoraller | [details] |
| Polish | korale rafowe | [details] |
| Russian | жесткие (мадрепоровые) кораллы | [details] |
| Slovenian | kamene korale | [details] |
| Turkish | mercanlar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | СклерактініїСклерактинії | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madreporaria)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093887)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madreporaria)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093887)
To ITIS
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