Scleractinia name details
Amphelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
513910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513910)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Amphelia galapagensis (Vaughan, 1906) accepted as Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Amphelia oculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amphelia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amphelia venusta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 accepted as Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
Status A junior objective synonym of Madrepora L., 1758
Status A junior objective synonym of Madrepora L., 1758 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Amphelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513910 on 2026-04-19
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Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794
page(s): 69 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Strand, E. (1928). Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologica et palaeontologica. I–II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A(8): 30-75. [details] Available for editors
additional source Nordgaard, O. 1912. Et gammelt Lophohelia-Rev i Trondhjemsfjorden. Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter 1912(3): 3-8.
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Strand, E. (1928). Miscellanea nomenclatoria zoologica et palaeontologica. I–II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 92A(8): 30-75. [details] Available for editors
additional source Nordgaard, O. 1912. Et gammelt Lophohelia-Rev i Trondhjemsfjorden. Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter 1912(3): 3-8.
page(s): 7 [details]
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Status A junior objective synonym of Madrepora L., 1758 [details]Unreviewed
Synonymy a junior objective synonym of Madrepora [details]
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