WoRMS taxon details
Scleractinia
Madreporaria · unaccepted (synonymy)
- Suborder Refertina
- Suborder Vacatina
- Suborder Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, 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 (2026). Scleractinia. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Cairns, S.D., V. Häussermann & G. Försterra. (2005). A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1018: 15-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1018.1.2 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
[request]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 (Scleractinia)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madreporaria)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093887)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scleractinia)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Madreporaria)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093887)
To ITIS
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