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Goniopora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Taxonomy
Goniopora was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm R Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Poritidae by Wells (1941), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Poritidae by Wells (1941), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).
Species
G. affinis, G. aldrichi, G. ameliana, G. astraeoides, G. bieskidensis, G. calhounensis, G. christianiaensis, G. ciliatus, G. columna, G. daxitertia, G. decaturensis, G. djiboutiensis, G. elegans (syn. Porites superposita, G. nomlandi), G. globulosa, G. granosa, G. hilli (syn. G. tampaensis, G. jacobiana, G. canalis, G. aucillana), G. imperatoris, G. katzeri, G. laurina, G. lobata, G. lubinensis, G. micrantha, G. microscopica (syn. Litharaea colae), G. microsiderea, G. minor, G. nodulosa, G. norfolkensis, G. octopartita, G. palmensis, G. panamensis, G. planulata, G. polyformis, G. regularis, G. retifera, G. reussiana (syn. G. trechmanni, G. taberi), G. rudis, G. savignyi, G. somaliensis, G. stokesi, G. stutchburyi, G. tenella, G. tenuidens, G. turonensis, G. vaughani, G. websteri (syn. Litharaea subepithecata, G. epithecata)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1830 | Goniopora Blainville |
| 1849 | Litharaea Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1849 | Goniaraea d'Orbigny |
| 1941 | Goniopora Wells p. 311 |
| 1989 | Rothastrea Eliasova p. 92 |
| 1992 | Goniopora Squires and Demetrion p. 19 |
| 1994 | Goniaraea Alvarez et al. |
| 2000 | Goniopora Veron p. 348 |
| 2002 | Goniopora Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Goniopora López-Pérez p. 82 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available