Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia

Scleractinia Bourne, 1900

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Guyniidae Hickson, 1910
Refertina Okubo, 2016
Schizocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Scleractinia incertae sedis
Stenocyathidae Stolarski, 2000
Vacatina Okubo, 2016

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: steenkoralen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: hard corals; madreporarian corals; scleractinians; stony corals; true corals 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.;Sprung, J.; Grove. (1999). Corals: a quick reference guide. Ricordea Publishing, Miami, Florida, USA. pp 240.

German: Riffkorallen; Steinkorallen 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σκληρακτίνια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: sclerattinia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: イシサンゴ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: akmeniniai koralai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: steinkoraller sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: korale rafowe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: жесткие (мадрепоровые) кораллы sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kamene korale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: mercanlar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Склерактинії; Склерактінії

Literature

original description	Bourne G.C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84.
basis of record	Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America. 44: 1-363.
additional source	Chevalier, J.P., Beauvais, L. (1987). Ordre des Scleractiniaires in: Cnidaires, anthozoaires. Traite de Zoologie. Tome III, Fascicule 3: 403-764.
additional source	Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie. 11: 233–312.
additional source	Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. pp. F328–F440.