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Merulinidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Merulinidae Verrill
1956Merulinidae Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Merulinidae Verrill 1866
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G. †Anisocoenia Reuss 1867
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Anisocoenia quadriseriata Azzaroli 1958
Anisocoenia variabilis Gerth 1923
G. †Antiguastrea Vaughan 1919
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Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863
Antiguastrea elegans Reuss 1874
Antiguastrea flandrini Morycowa 1988
Antiguastrea jacobi Alloiteau 1948
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826
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Invalid names: Astrangia princeps Reuss 1868 [synonym], Heliastrea columnaris Reuss 1868 [synonym], Isastrea affinis Reuss 1868 [synonym], Latimaeandra circumscripta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Solenastrea conferta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Stylina fasciculata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Stylina suessi Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Antiguastrea prava Budd et al. 1992
G. †Aquitanastraea Chevalier 1954
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Aquitanastraea pachyformis Chevalier 1954
Aquitanastraea piveteaui Chevalier 1954
Aquitanastraea pruvosti Chevalier 1954
Aquitanastraea tenuitabulata Chevalier 1961
G. Astrea Lamarck 1801
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Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Astrea breaensis Carson 1926
Astrea curta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Orbicella quadrangularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Astrea limbata Goldfuss 1826
Astrea rotulosa Ellis and Solander 1786
Astrea venusta Münster 1841
G. Australogyra Veron and Pichon 1982
G. Bikiniastrea Wells 1954
G. Boninastrea Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
G. Caulastrea Dana 1846
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Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield 2013
Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961
Caulastrea brevicaulis Felix 1915
Caulastrea connata Ortmann 1892
Caulastrea deformis Reuss 1868
Caulastrea farsis Schuster 2002
Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847
Caulastrea leptoclada Felix 1921
Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929
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Invalid names: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
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Invalid names: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
G. Cladocora Ehrenberg 1834
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Cladocora arbuscula Lesueur 1820
Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880
Cladocora bosquensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Cladocora brevis Seguenza 1882
Cladocora gaasensis Chevalier 1956
Cladocora gamachotensis Chevalier 1961
Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Cladocora haimei Duncan 1880
Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899
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Invalid names: Cladocora antarctica Filkorn 1994 [synonym]
Cladocora johnsoni Gane 1895
Cladocora liburnensis Chevalier 1961
Cladocora michelottii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Cladocora multicaulis Michelin 1842
Cladocora prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866
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Invalid names: Aplophyllia paucicostata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Rhabdophyllia intercostata Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Cladocora reussi Fromentel 1861
Cladocora rosicensis Oppenheim 1912
Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868
Invalid names: Cereiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [synonym], Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau 1957 [synonym], Rhabdocora Fromentel 1873 [synonym]
G. Coelastrea Verrill 1866
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Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866
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Invalid names: Goniastrea incrustans Duncan 1889 [synonym]
Coelastrea tenuis Verrill 1866
G. Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Cyphastraea coloi Chevalier 1961
Cyphastraea costata Duncan 1863
Cyphastrea aliceae Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea buddae Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea crassa Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea cymotoma Felix 1913
Cyphastrea decadia Moll and Borel- Best 1984
Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron et al. 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
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Invalid names: Solenastrea arborescens Gerth 1925 [synonym]
Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914 [synonym]
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925 [objective synonym]
Cyphastrea spinea Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea tampae Weisbord 1973
Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923
Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915
G. †Dictuophyllia Blainville 1830
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Dictuophyllia batalleri Reig Oriol 1987
Dictuophyllia collignoni Alloiteau 1958
Dictuophyllia incerta Fischer 1969
Dictuophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Dictuophyllia radiata Michelin 1847
Dictuophyllia reticulata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Pachygyra vallcebri Vidal 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Meandroria Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
G. †Diplogyra Eguchi 1936
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Diplogyra lamellosa Eguchi 1936
Diplogyra minima Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
Diplogyra subplanotabulata Sikharulidze 1985
G. Dipsastraea de Blainville 1830
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Dipsastraea amicorum Edwards and Haime 1850
Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Favia affinis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Favia cavernosa Forskal 1775 [synonym], Favia savignyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Orbicella borradailei Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
Dipsastraea lacuna Veron et al. 2000
Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879
Dipsastraea lizardensis Veron and Pichon 1977
Dipsastraea maritima Nemenzo 1971
Dipsastraea matthaii Vaughan 1918
Dipsastraea maxima Veron and Pichon 1977
Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Favia amplior Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Favia doreyensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Favia hululensis Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
Dipsastraea rotumana Gardiner 1899
Dipsastraea veroni Moll and Borel-Best 1984
Invalid names: Barabattoia Yabe and Sugiyama 1941 [synonym]
G. Echinopora Lamarck 1816
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Echinopora crassatina Gerth 1921
Echinopora forskaliana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Echinopora fruticulosa Klunzinger 1879
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Echinopora carduus Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Echinopora miocenica Duncan 1880
Echinopora porosa Gerth 1925
G. †Edwardsastraea Roniewicz 1970
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Edwardsastraea tisburiensis Roniewicz 1970
G. Erythrastrea Scheer and Pillai 1983
G. Favites Link 1807
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Favites abdita Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Favia crassior Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Favites virens Dana 1846 [synonym], Prionastraea gibbosa Klunzinger 1879 [synonym], Prionastraea quoyi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Prionastraea sulfurea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym]
Favites acuticollis Ortmann 1889
Favites ambigua Zuffardi-Comerci 1934
Favites autignacensis Chevalier 1961
Favites borneensis Gerth 1923
Favites carryensis Chevalier 1961
Favites chinensis Verrill 1866
Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834
Favites crassiseptata Stemann 1992
Favites densisepta Chevalier 1961
Favites detecta Michelotti 1871
Favites flexuosa Dana 1846
Favites gabbi Anderson 1958
Favites halicora Ehrenberg 1834
Favites inaequiseptata Gerth 1921
Favites macrocalyx Schuster 2002
Favites magnificata Stemann 1992
Favites magnistellata Chevalier 1971
Favites mexicana Vaughan 1919
Favites mimbastensis Chevalier 1961
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868
Favites neugeboreni Reuss 1871
Favites neuvillei Chevalier 1961
Favites oligocenica Chevalier 1955
Favites pauciseptata Gerth 1923
Favites pentagona Esper 1794
Favites polygonalis Duncan 1863
Favites rhomboidea Kühn 1933
Favites rotundata Veron and Pichon 1977
Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879
Favites stylifera Yabe and Sugiyama 1937
Favites taruensis Eguchi 1951
Favites tesserifera Ehrenberg 1834
Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Favites verbeeki Dollfus 1908
Favites yamanarii Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Invalid names: Aphrastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Ellasmoastraea Michelotti 1871 [synonym], Metastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym], Metastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym], Plesiophyllia Michelotti 1871 [synonym], Prionastraea [synonym]
G. Goniastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae Zuffardi-Comerci 1931
Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Invalid names: Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym]
Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Favites yborensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym]
Goniastrea capitata Studer 1880
Goniastrea cocchii d'Achiardi 1868
Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948
Goniastrea curasavica Gerth 1928
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971
Goniastrea grandiflora Felix 1915
Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Latimeandra gajensis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Latimeandra reussi Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Goniastrea longula Budd et al. 1992
Goniastrea matanomadhensis Chattopadhyay 2004
Goniastrea muralis Budd et al. 1992
Goniastrea parvula Duncan 1880
Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834
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Invalid names: Goniastrea planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
Goniastrea peresi Faure and Pichon 1978
Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816
Goniastrea tenera Traub 1938
Invalid names: Lamellastraea Duncan 1867 [synonym]
G. Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim 1807
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Hydnophora ackermanni Zlatarski 1972
Hydnophora affinis Sismonda 1871
Hydnophora astraeoides Martin 1880
Hydnophora cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766
Hydnophora ferryi Fromentel 1877
Hydnophora grandis Gardiner 1906
Hydnophora infundibulum Azzaroli 1958
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816
Hydnophora oppenheimi Angelis d'Ossat 1905
Hydnophora pilosa Veron 1985
Hydnophora provincialis Chevalier 1962
Hydnophora pulchra Michelotti 1871
Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864
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Invalid names: Hydnophora plana Duncan 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora regularis Kühn 1933 [synonym]
Hydnophora styriaca Michelin 1847
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Invalid names: Hydnophora blancoensis Wells 1932 [synonym]
Hydnophora tenella Quelch 1886
Hydnophora variabilis Duncan 1873
Invalid names: Angeliphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [synonym], Hydnophoraraea Oppenheim 1930 [synonym], Michelottiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [synonym]
G. †Hydnophyllia Reis 1889
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Hydnophyllia collinaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Hydnophyllia mirabilis Reis 1889 [synonym]
Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856
Hydnophyllia fimbriata Catullo 1856
Hydnophyllia scalaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Colpophyllia eocaenica Reuss 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora longicollis Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Hydnophyllia stellata Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Latimaeandra discrepans Reuss 1868 [synonym], Latimaeandra tenera Reuss 1868 [synonym]
G. Leptoria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Leptoria angigyra Reuss 1848
Leptoria bithecata Schuster 2002
Leptoria cantharelloides Wanner 1902
Leptoria cristata Dainelli 1925
Leptoria hayae Bromfield 2013
Leptoria italica d'Achiardi 1875
Leptoria laxa Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria netchensis Chevalier 1968
Leptoria patellaris Reuss 1854
Leptoria pauca Budd et al. 1992
Leptoria paucisepta Kühn 1933
Leptoria pennata Umbgrove 1924
Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Leptoria gracilis Dana 1846 [synonym], Leptoria tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym], Platygyra tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym]
Leptoria reticulata Reuss 1848
Leptoria selenkae Felix 1913
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919
Leptoria traba Bromfield 2013
G. †Liptodendron Eliasova 1991
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Liptodendron grossi Eliasova 1991
Liptodendron nefiana Oppenheim 1930
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Invalid names: Rhabdophyllia quaylei Wells 1934 [synonym]
G. Merulina Ehrenberg 1834
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Merulina ampliata Ellis and Solander 1786
Merulina isseli Prever 1922
G. †Monticulastraea Duncan 1880
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Monticulastraea insignis Duncan 1880
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Invalid names: Monticulastraea elongata Duncan 1880 [synonym], Monticulastraea inaequalis Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Monticulastraea roseola Eliasova 1989
Monticulastraea solidior Duncan 1880
G. Mycedium Oken 1815
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Invalid names: Mycedium tubifex Dana 1846 [synonym]
G. †Orbicella Dana 1846
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Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876
Orbicella benoisti Koby 1906
Orbicella boehmi Felix 1915
Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
Orbicella franksi Gregory 1895
Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Plesiastrea ramea Duncan 1864 [synonym]
Orbicella linggapadangensis Umbgrove 1946
Orbicella murrayi Gregory 1900
Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007
Orbicella praeheliopora Gregory 1900
Invalid names: Orbicella pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786 [nomen dubium]
G. Oulophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Oulophyllia angustivallis Chevalier 1968
Oulophyllia bennettae Veron and Pichon 1977
Oulophyllia californica Durham 1942
Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Oulophyllia aspera Quelch 1886 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ulophyllia Milne-Edwards 1857 [synonym]
G. Paraclavarina Veron 1985
G. †Paraleptoria Budd and Bosellini 2016
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Paraleptoria flexuosissima d'Achiardi 1868
Paraleptoria polygonalis Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Paraleptoria ambigua Prever 1921 [synonym]
G. Paramontastraea Huang et al. 2014
G. †Parastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
G. Pectinia Oken 1815
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Pectinia ayleni Wells 1935
Pectinia lactuca Pallas 1766
Invalid names: Physophyllia Duncan 1884 [synonym], Tridacophyllia Blainville 1830 [synonym]
G. †Phacellocoenia Alloiteau and Tissier 1858
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Phacellocoenia bazerquei Alloiteau and Tissier 1958
Phacellocoenia thomkai Eliasova 1991
G. Platygyra Ehrenberg 1834
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Platygyra acuta Veron 2000
Platygyra colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Platygyra concentrica Duncan 1880
Platygyra contorta Veron 1990
Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Platygyra astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Platygyra equisepta Gregory 1900
Platygyra euaensis Hoffmeister 1932
Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834
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Invalid names: Oulophyllia angusta Gerth 1925 [synonym]
Platygyra mareensis Chevalier 1968
Platygyra naroetensis Gerth 1923
Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
Platygyra renemai Bromfield 2013
Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Platygyra sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Invalid names: Platygyra delicatula Ortmann 1888 [synonym]
Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Invalid names: Astroria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Coeloria Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
G. †Plavecia Eliasova 1974
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Plavecia inaequalis Eliasova 1974
Plavecia submenilitica Eliasova 1974
G. †Procladocora Alloiteau 1952
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Procladocora arnaudi Alloiteau 1957
G. Scapophyllia Milne-Edwards 1848
G. †Tarbellastraea Alloiteau 1950
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Tarbellastraea abditaxis Chevalier 1961
Tarbellastraea anomala Michelotti 1871
Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis Chevalier 1961
Tarbellastraea bragai Stemann and Budd 1996
Tarbellastraea carryensis d'Orbigny 1852
Tarbellastraea chevalieri Bosellini 1996
Tarbellastraea distans Chevalier 1961
Tarbellastraea edwardsi Chevalier 1956
Tarbellastraea ellisiana Defrance 1826
Tarbellastraea hamedanii Schuster 2002
Tarbellastraea mimbastensis Chevalier 1961
Tarbellastraea ovalis von Guembel 1861
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Invalid names: Solenastrea columnaris Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Tarbellastraea profundata Catullo 1856
Tarbellastraea raulini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Invalid names: Astrea prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym]
Tarbellastraea russoi Bosellini 1996
Tarbellastraea salentinensis Bosellini 1996
Tarbellastraea tenera Reuss 1847
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Invalid names: Tarbellastraea siciliae Chevalier 1961 [synonym]
Tarbellastraea ukrainica Kuzmicheva 1987
G. Trachyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Trachyphyllia crassa Martin 1879
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Invalid names: Antillia orientalis Gerth 1921 [synonym], Trachyphyllia amarantum Dana 1846 [synonym]
Trachyphyllia granti d'Archiac and Haime 1853
Trachyphyllia sawkinsi Vaughan 1926
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Invalid names: Antillia bullbrooki Hoffmeister 1926 [synonym]
Invalid names: Antillia Duncan 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available