Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Vacatina > Family Cladocoridae > Genus Cladocora

Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cladocora*	Ehrenberg, 1834	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cladocora cespitosa*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: madrèpora mediterrània sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: Caespitose tube coral; cladocora; lawn coral; pillow coral sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

French: cladocore sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Rasenkoralle; Rasige Röhrchenkoralle sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Italian: cespuglio di mare; madrepora a cuscino; madrepora pagnotta sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Russian: древовидный коралл sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kamena korala sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: madrépora mediterránea sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mercan

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110
additional source	Jourdan, E. (1880). Recherches zoologiques et histologiques sur les Zoanthaires du golfe de Marseille. Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie. 10(1): 1-154.
additional source	Seguenza, G. (1863-1864). Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai corallarii fossili delle rocce Terziarie del distretto di Messina. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Serie II. 21: 399-458, ples 1-5 [1863], 459-560, pls. 6-15 [1864].
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additional source	Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (1997). Scleractinian corals from Lebanon, Eastern Mediterranean, including a non-lessepsian invading species (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Scientia Marina, 61(2): 227-231
additional source	Kersting, D.; Cefalì, M.; Movilla, J.; Vergotti, M.; Linares, C. (2023). The endangered coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Menorca Biosphere Reserve: Distribution, demographic traits and threats. Ocean & Coastal Management. 240: 106626.
additional source	Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
additional source	Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World, Volume III: Families Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, Poritidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville., volume 3, pp. 490.
additional source	Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Richard, C.; Allemand, D.; Bianchi, C. N.; Morri, C.; Ferrier-Pagès, C. (2006). Response of zooxanthellae in symbiosis with the Mediterranean corals Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica to elevated temperatures. Marine Biology, 150, 45-55
additional source	Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
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additional source	Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46.
additional source	Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.
additional source	Gili, J.M., 1982. Fauna de cnidaris de les illes Medes. Treballs Inst. Cat. Hist. nat. 10 : 1-175.
additional source	Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
additional source	Kružić P. (2002). Marine fauna of the Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). 1. Anthozoa. Natura Croatica. 11: 265-292.
additional source	Zibrowius, H.; Grieshaber, A. (1977). Scléractinaires de l'Adriatique. Tethys, 7, 4, 375-384
additional source	Döderlein L. (1913). Die Steinkorallen aus dem Golf von Neapel. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 21: 105-152, pls. 7-9.
redescription	Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135146