WoRMS name details
Symphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
205189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205189)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Meandrina sinuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (type by original designation)
Subgenus Symphyllia (Isophyllia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia agaricia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia aglae Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia anemone Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia aspera Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia conferta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia erythracea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
Species Symphyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia guadalupensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia harttii Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym, homonym)
Species Symphyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer, 1976 accepted as Lobophyllia hassi (Pillai & Scheer, 1976) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia helianthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia hemispherica Tenison-Woods, 1879 accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia indica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia knoxi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonymy)
Species Symphyllia labyrinthica Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Lobophyllia labyrinthica (Bassett-Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia marginata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia nobilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia radians Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, basionym)
Species Symphyllia recta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia simplex Crossland, 1948 accepted as Lobophyllia simplex (Crossland, 1948) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia strigosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia subtilis Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Lobophyllia subtilis (Rehberg, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia verrucosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia wilsoni Veron, 1985 accepted as Australophyllia wilsoni (Veron, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
» Species Symphyllia (Isophyllia) erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia acuta Quelch, 1886 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)Species Symphyllia agaricia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia aglae Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia anemone Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia aspera Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia conferta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia cylindrica Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia dipsacea (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia erythracea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
Species Symphyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Lobophyllia erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia grandis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia guadalupensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia harttii Verrill, 1868 accepted as Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym, homonym)
Species Symphyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer, 1976 accepted as Lobophyllia hassi (Pillai & Scheer, 1976) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia helianthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia hemispherica Tenison-Woods, 1879 accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia indica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia agaricia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia knoxi Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonymy)
Species Symphyllia labyrinthica Bassett-Smith, 1890 accepted as Lobophyllia labyrinthica (Bassett-Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia marginata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia nobilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia radians Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia radians (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, basionym)
Species Symphyllia recta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Lobophyllia recta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia simplex Crossland, 1948 accepted as Lobophyllia simplex (Crossland, 1948) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Symphyllia strigosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia subtilis Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Lobophyllia subtilis (Rehberg, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia thomasiana Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Lobophyllia valenciennesii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Symphyllia verrucosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Symphyllia wilsoni Veron, 1985 accepted as Australophyllia wilsoni (Veron, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details]
Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the...
Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the walls. Septa are large with very long teeth. Columella centres are broad and compact. Polyps are extended only at night. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Symphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205189 on 2023-06-02
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [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 Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [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 Matthai G. (1928). A Monograph of the Recent meandroid Astraeidae. <em>Catalogue of the Madreporarian Corals in the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 7: 1-288, pls. 1-72. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Maragos, J. E.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Rose Atoll coral data compiled from US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994, Townsend Cromwell 2002, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 10]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details]




From other sources
Description Colonies are meandroid, either flat-topped or dome-shaped. Valleys are wide. A groove usually runs along the top of the walls. Septa are large with very long teeth. Columella centres are broad and compact. Polyps are extended only at night. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details]Remark Type species: Meandrina sinosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 form New Ireland (Veron, 1986). [details]