Merulinidae

Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.

Merulinidae
Astrea curta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Merulinidae
Verrill, 1865 [1]
Genera
See text
Synonyms
List
  • Pectiniidae
  • Trachyphyllidae Wells, 1956
  • Trachyphylliidae Verrill, 1901

Characteristics

All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and Trachyphylliidae are the most closely related families.[1]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera in the family:[1]

  • Astrea Lamarck, 1801
  • Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
  • Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
  • Caulastraea Dana, 1846
  • Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
  • Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
  • Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
  • Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983
  • Favites Link, 1807
  • Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • HydnophylliaReis, 1889
  • IsastraeaMilne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  • Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  • Orbicella Dana, 1846
  • Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
  • ParaleptoriaBudd & Bosellini, 2016
  • Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
  • Pectinia Blainville, 1825
  • Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
  • Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

References

  1. WoRMS (2010). "Merulinidae: Verrill, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
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