WoRMS taxon details
Vacatina
- 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 Diploastraeidae Thiel, 1932
- Family Faviidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
- Family Fungiidae Dana, 1846
- Family Gardineriidae Stolarski, 1996
- Family Leptastreidae Rowlett, 2020
- Family Lobophylliidae Thiel, 1932
- Family Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834
- 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 Psammocoridae Chevalier & L. Beauvais, 1987
- Family Stephanocyathidae Vaga, Cairns & Kitahara, 2024
- Family Symphylliidae de Fromentel, 1861 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Family Anthemiphyllidae Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Antilloseridae Wells, 1933 accepted as Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Bathyporidae Kitahara, Capel, Zilberberg & Cairns, 2024 accepted as Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- 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 objective synonym, homonym)
- Family Coeloriidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Cyphastraeidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Diploastraeidae Chevalier & L. Beauvais, 1987 accepted as Diploastraeidae Thiel, 1932 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym)
- 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 Echinoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Eusmiliidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- 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 Funginellidae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Fungiidae Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Hydnophoridae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Lobophylliidae Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 accepted as Lobophylliidae Thiel, 1932 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym)
- Family Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009 accepted as Lobophylliidae Thiel, 1932 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym)
- Family Madreporidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Oculinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Madreporidae Dana, 1846 accepted as Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
- Family Maeandrinidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Meandriidae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Meandrinidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Meandrinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym)
- Family Merulinidae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Family Montastreidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 accepted as Montastraeidae Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890 accepted as Faviidae 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 Orbicellidae Verrill, 1901 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Seriatoporidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Seriatoporidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Stylophoridae Thiel, 1932 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 Stylophoridae Verrill, 1866 accepted as Pocilloporidae Gray, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Symphylliidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Lobophylliidae Thiel, 1932 (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 Tridacophylliidae Thiel, 1932 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Tridacophylliidae Alloiteau, 1957 accepted as Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Okubo N. (2016). Restructuring the traditional suborders in the order Scleractinia based on embryogenetic morphological characteristics. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 33(1): 116-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs150094 [details]
Taxonomic remark Within the order Scleractinia also known as the "Robust clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996).
Taxonomic remark Within the order Scleractinia also known as the "Robust clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996). [details]
WoRMS (2026). Vacatina. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1517259 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Okubo N. (2016). Restructuring the traditional suborders in the order Scleractinia based on embryogenetic morphological characteristics. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 33(1): 116-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs150094 [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 Stolarski J, Coronado I, Murphy JG, Kitahara MV, Janiszewska K, Mazur M, Gothmann AM, Bouvier A-S, Marin-Carbonne J, Taylor ML, Quattrini AM, McFadden CS, Higgins JA, Robinson LF, Meibom A. (2020). A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 202013316., available online at https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/12/14/2013316117.full.pdf [details]
additional source Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107565., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107565 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vaga CF, Seiblitz GL, Capel KCC, Kitahara MV. (2022). The mitochondrial genomes of Crispatotrochus rubescens and Crispatotrochus rugosus (Hexacorallia; Scleractinia): new insights on the phylogeny of the family Caryophylliidae. <em>Molecular Biology Reports.</em> 49(12): 12269-12273., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-08029-1 [details]
additional source Martin-Garin, B.; Montaggioni, L. F. (2023). Into the Intimacy of Corals, Builders of the Sea. <em>Coral Reefs of the World.</em> 7-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16887-1_2 [details]
additional source Capel, K.C.; Zilberberg, C.; Carpes, R.M.; Morrison, C.L.; Vaga, C.F.; Quattrini, A.M.; Quek, R.Z.B.; Huang, D.; Cairns, S.D.; Kitahara, M.V. (2024). How long have we been mistaken? Multi-tools shedding light into the systematics of the widespread deep-water genus Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (Scleractinia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 191: 107994., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107994 [details]
[request]additional source Stolarski J, Coronado I, Murphy JG, Kitahara MV, Janiszewska K, Mazur M, Gothmann AM, Bouvier A-S, Marin-Carbonne J, Taylor ML, Quattrini AM, McFadden CS, Higgins JA, Robinson LF, Meibom A. (2020). A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.</em> 202013316., available online at https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2020/12/14/2013316117.full.pdf [details]
additional source Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107565., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107565 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vaga CF, Seiblitz GL, Capel KCC, Kitahara MV. (2022). The mitochondrial genomes of Crispatotrochus rubescens and Crispatotrochus rugosus (Hexacorallia; Scleractinia): new insights on the phylogeny of the family Caryophylliidae. <em>Molecular Biology Reports.</em> 49(12): 12269-12273., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-08029-1 [details]
additional source Martin-Garin, B.; Montaggioni, L. F. (2023). Into the Intimacy of Corals, Builders of the Sea. <em>Coral Reefs of the World.</em> 7-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16887-1_2 [details]
additional source Capel, K.C.; Zilberberg, C.; Carpes, R.M.; Morrison, C.L.; Vaga, C.F.; Quattrini, A.M.; Quek, R.Z.B.; Huang, D.; Cairns, S.D.; Kitahara, M.V. (2024). How long have we been mistaken? Multi-tools shedding light into the systematics of the widespread deep-water genus Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (Scleractinia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 191: 107994., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107994 [details]
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Taxonomic remark Within the order Scleractinia also known as the "Robust clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996). [details]
