Scleractinia taxon details
Sarcinula Lamarck, 1816 †
740247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740247)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sarcinula acropora Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula alvearia Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula angulata Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula annulata Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula archiacii Michelin ? †
- Species Sarcinula caespitosa Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula concordis Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula contexta Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula conversa Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula crispa Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula favosa Michelin, 1841 †
- Species Sarcinula geometrica Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula intermedia Catullo, 1857 †
- Species Sarcinula mirifica Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula organum (Linnæus, 1758) †
- Species Sarcinula plana Michelotti, 1838 †
- Species Sarcinula bougainvillii Blainville, 1830 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sarcinula phillipsii M'Coy, 1849 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sarcinula placenta M'Coy, 1849 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sarcinula tuberosa M'Coy, 1849 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Sarcinula astreata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sarcinula divergens (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula ellisii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula erecta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sarcinula gratissima Michelin, 1842 † accepted as Halysiastraea gratissima (Michelin, 1842) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Sarcinula hexagonalis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula hystrix (Dana, 1846) accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula irregularis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula laperousiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Astrea curta (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula longissima Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Galaxea longissima (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Sarcinula microphthalma Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Stylina echinulata Lamarck, 1816 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Sarcinula musicalis (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Sarcinula pauciradiata Blainville, 1830 accepted as Galaxea pauciradiata (Blainville, 1830) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Sarcinula quoyi Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Sarcinula Lamarck, 1816 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740247 on 2026-06-22
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original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] 
taxonomy source Stasińska A. (1967). Tabulata from Norway, Sweden and from the erratic boulders of Poland. <em>Palaeontologia Polonica.</em> 18: 1-112. [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1846). Genera of fossil corals of the family Cyathophyllidae. <em>Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Series 2.</em> 1: 178-189. [details]
taxonomy source Stasińska A. (1967). Tabulata from Norway, Sweden and from the erratic boulders of Poland. <em>Palaeontologia Polonica.</em> 18: 1-112. [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1846). Genera of fossil corals of the family Cyathophyllidae. <em>Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Series 2.</em> 1: 178-189. [details]