Scleractinia taxon details
Refertina
- Family Acroporidae Verrill, 1901
- Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847
- Family Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
- Family Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
- Family Flabellidae Bourne, 1905
- Family Fungiacyathidae Chevalier & L. Beauvais, 1987
- Family Pachyseridae Benzoni & Hoeksema, 2023
- Family Poritidae Gray, 1840
- Family Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851
- Family Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Family Agariciadae Gray, 1847 accepted as Agariciidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Dendrophyllidae Gray, 1847 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Family Euphyllidae Veron, 2000 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, homonym, misspelling)
- Family Euphylliidae Veron, 2002 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Family Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 accepted as Euphylliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > junior homonym, nomen nudum, without type genus)
- Family Eupsammiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Isoporidae Vaughan, 1902 accepted as Acroporidae Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Lamellofungiidae Alloiteau, 1957 † accepted as Agariciidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Siderasteriidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 accepted as Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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 Trochoseridae Wells, 1933 † accepted as Agariciidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Turbinolidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Turbinoliidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, 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 "Complex clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996).
Taxonomic remark Within the order Scleractinia also known as the "Complex clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996). [details]
Scleractinia (2025). Refertina. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1517258 on 2025-12-22
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]
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
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
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]
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
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
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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Within the order Scleractinia also known as the "Complex clade" sensu Romano & Palumbi (1996). [details]
