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

Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Bathyporidae Kitahara, Capel, Zilberberg & Cairns, 2024 synonym

Children

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380.

basis of record

Addamo, A. M.; Modrell, M. S.; Taviani, M.; Machordom, A. (2024). Unravelling the relationships among Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758, Oculina Lamark, 1816 and Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Invertebrate Systematics. 38(4): IS23027.

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Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Madreporidae Ehrenberg, 1834. 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:1749892

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-05-03 by Bert Hoeksema

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