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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Echinoporidae
Family recognized by wikipedia EN
Echinoporidae Krasnolobova & Timofeeva 1965
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Merulinidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, Austria Species List, Australia Species List, Bulgaria Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Colombia Species List, Curacao Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guam Species List, Haiti Species List, Iran Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kenya Species List, Libya Species List, Maldives Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Romania Species List, Samoa Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Somalia Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, North Pacific Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, Ceram Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List
Merulinidae Milne Edwards & Haime 1857
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Merulinidae Verrill 1865
Merulinidae Verrill 1866
Orbicellidae
Family recognized by Paleobiology Database

Alternative Names

Echinoporidae Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Favitidae Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Orbicellidae Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells 1943
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Trachyphyllidae Wells 1956
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Trachyphylliidae Verrill 1901
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
? alimena d'Orbigny, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ambigua Zuffardi-Comerci, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angigyra Reuss, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angulosa Goldfuss, 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? astreiformis Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? batalleri Reig Oriol, 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? borneensis Gerth, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brevicaulis Felix, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? browni Duncan, 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? carnegiei Latham, 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? carryensis Chevalier, 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? colombiana Clark & Durham, 1946
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? deformis Reuss, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? defrancei Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? detecta Michelotti, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? euaensis Hoffmeister, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? explanata Gerth, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? explanata Münster, 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? farquharsoni Latham, 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? flexuosissima d'Achiardi, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fusinieri Catullo, 1847
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? goldfussi Koby, 1885
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? granti d'Archiac & Haime, 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hadleyi Wells, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? helianthoides Goldfuss, 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? inaequiseptata Gerth, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? incerta Fischer, 1969
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? italica d'Achiardi, 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? konincki Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? limitata M'Coy, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mariscali Felix, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? naroetensis Gerth, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? neglecta Michelotti, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? neugeboreni Reuss, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ocellina Dana, 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pallida Dana, 1846
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? parvula Duncan, 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pauciseptata Gerth, 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pelouaensis Chevalier, 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pirotensis Toula, 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? portoricensis Coryell, 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? provincialis Chevalier, 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pseudoflabellum Catullo, 1852
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? radiata Michelin, 1847
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? regularis Kühn, 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? reticulata Goldfuss, 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? reticulata Reuss, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rhomboidea Kühn, 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? richardsoni Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sawkinsi Vaughan, 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? singularis Martin, 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? solenastroides Chevalier, 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? styriaca Michelin, 1847
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tenera Reuss, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tenuistriata MacCoy, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vancouverensis Clapp & Shimer, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? verbeeki Dollfus, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vesiculosa Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Echinoporidae Verrill 1901
Favitidae Verrill 1901
Mycedium Oken 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Orbicellidae Verrill 1901
Pectinia Oken 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pectiniidae
Harvest ancestor according to CITES and Global Biotic Interactions
Pectiniidae Vaughan & Wells 1943
Phyllastraea Wilkes 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhopalophyllia Cuif 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trachyphyllidae Wells 1956
Trachyphylliidae Verrill 1901

Common Names

Japanese

サザナミサンゴ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Merulinidae Verrill 1865

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
24 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
54 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

24 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

24 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
94 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Merulinidae (this page)
144 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.