Deep-Sea taxon details
Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834
1749892 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1749892)
accepted
Family
Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
Bathyporidae Kitahara, Capel, Zilberberg & Cairns, 2024 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Genus Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1749892 on 2025-11-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1749892 on 2025-11-20
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862 [details]
original description (of Bathyporidae Kitahara, Capel, Zilberberg & Cairns, 2024) 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]
basis of record Addamo, A. M.; Modrell, M. S.; Taviani, M.; Machordom, A. (2024). Unravelling the relationships among Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758, Oculina Lamark, 1816 and Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 38(4): IS23027., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is23027 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Bathyporidae Kitahara, Capel, Zilberberg & Cairns, 2024) 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]
basis of record Addamo, A. M.; Modrell, M. S.; Taviani, M.; Machordom, A. (2024). Unravelling the relationships among Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758, Oculina Lamark, 1816 and Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 38(4): IS23027., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is23027 [details] Available for editors
