Scleractinia

Scleractinia sp.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Subordo: †Archaeocoeniina - †Archaeofungiina - Astrocoeniina - Caryophylliina - Dendrophylliina - †Distichophylliina - Faviina - Fungiina - †Microsolenina - †Pachythecalina - †Stylina - †Stylophylliina

Unplaced familiae (5): †Aulastraeoporidae - †Calamophylliidae - †Cyathophoridae - †Rhipidogyridae - †Solenocoeniidae

References

• Altuna, Á. 2013: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from ECOMARG 2003, 2008 and 2009 expeditions to bathyal waters off north and northwest Spain (northeast Atlantic). Zootaxa 3641(2): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.2.1 Reference page. 
• Cairns, S.D. 1999: Species richness of Recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 459. 46 pp.
• Cairns, S.D. & Kitahara, M.V. 2012. An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. ZooKeys, 227: 1–47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 . Reference page. 
• Cairns, S.D.; Polonio, V. 2013: New records of deep-water Scleractinia off Argentina and the Falkland Islands. Zootaxa 3691(1): 58–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.2 Reference page. 
• Fautin, D.G. and J.M. Lowenstein. 1993: Phylogenetic relationships among scleractinians, actinians, and corallimorpharians (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Proceedings of the 7th International Coral Reef Symposium, 2 :665-670.
• Kitahara, M.V. , Cairns, S.D. , Stolarski, J. & Miller, D.J., 2013: Deltocyathiidae, an early-diverging family of Robust corals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta, 42 (2): 201–212 DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00575.x

Additional references

• Baron-Szabo, R.C. 2018. Scleractinian corals from the upper Berriasian of central Europe and comparison with contemporaneous coral assemblages. Zootaxa 4383(1): 1–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4383.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lee, J.N., Abd Adzis, K.A., Afiq-Rosli, L., Tanzil, J.T.I., Chan, A.A., Ismail, Mn N., Akmal, K.F. & Affendi, Y.A. 2022. Scleractinian coral (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia, Scleractinia) diversity of the Mersing Islands, Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys 1102ː 177–190. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1102.82228 Reference page. 
• Romano, S.L. and S.R. Palumbi. 1996: Evolution of scleractinian corals inferred from molecular systematics. Science, 271: 640–642.
• Samiei, J.V. et al. 2013: Some scleractinian corals (Scleractinia: Anthozoa) of Larak Island, Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 3636(1): 101–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.1.5 Reference page. 
• Veron, J.E.N. 1995: Corals in Space and Time: The Biogeography and Evolution of the Scleractinia. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney. 321 pages.
• Veron, J. 2013: Overview of the taxonomy of zooxanthellate Scleractinia. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 169(3): 485-508. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12076 Reference page. 
• Veron, J.E.N. 2015. The potential of type species to destabilise the taxonomy of zooxanthellate Scleractinia. Zootaxa 4048(3): 433–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Scleractinia – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.
• Scleractinia in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Steinkorallen
Ελληνικά: Σκληρακτίνια
English: Stony corals
Nordfriisk: Stiankoralen
français: Scléractiniaires
magyar: Kőkorallok
日本語: 石珊瑚目