Merulinidae
Verrill, 1866
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial; extracalicular and intracalicular budding; cerioid, plocoid, meandroid (incl circumoral budding), hydnophoroid, phaceloid, corallites "organically united"; septothecal, paraseptothecal, parathecal, or trabeculothecal; septa laminar, formed by one or more fan systems of trabeculae (often compound and polyaxial); septal teeth spinose or lacerate; scattered spinose granulation; occasional carinae; microstructure often showing distinct median lines; well-developed paliform lobes are common; trabecular (often spongy) or lamellar columella; moderately well-developed tabular or vesicular endotheca; peritheca costate, vesicular, or absent.
Contains
- Antiguastrea Vaughan, 1919, p. 401
- Astroria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 493
- Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 323
- Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 328
- Oulophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 492
- Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 492
- Scapophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 492
- Barabattoia Yabe and Sugiyama, 1941, p.72
- Tarbellastraea Alloiteau, 1950, p.145
- Favites Link, 1807, p. 162
- Dasyphyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848b, p. 492
- Coeloria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 294
- Australogyra Veron and Pichon, 1982, p. 138
- Mycedium Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 130
- Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p.495
- Cyphastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 494
- Caeloria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 493
- Erythrastrea Scheer and Pillai, 1983, p. 104
- Aphrastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 495
- Pectinia Blainville, 1825, p .201
- Hydnophora Fischer, 1807, p. 295
- Leptoria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 493
- Moseleya Quelch, 1884, p.292
- Echinopora Lamarck, 1816, p. 252
- Caulastraea Dana, 1848, p. 198
- Boninastrea Yabe and Sugiyama, 1935, p. 402
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.
Page authors are: Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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