Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

D. Huang, F. Benzoni, H. Fukami, N. Knowlton, N. D. Smith, and Ann F. Budd

2014

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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(2):277-355

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Astrea rotulosa
• Coelastrea aspera
• Diploastraeidae
• Dipsastraea
• Dipsastraea amicorum
• Dipsastraea favus
• Dipsastraea helianthoides
• Dipsastraea lacuna
• Dipsastraea laxa
• Dipsastraea lizardensis
• Dipsastraea maxima
• Dipsastraea pallida
• Dipsastraea rotumana
• Dipsastraea speciosa
• Dipsastraea veroni
• Goniastrea stelligera
• Montastraeidae
• Orbicella faveolata
• Orbicella franksi
• Paramontastraea

Taxonomy:

• Orbicella faveolata belongs to Orbicella - Huang et al. (2014)
• Echinopora belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Erythrastrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Favites belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Favites rotundata belongs to Favites - Huang et al. (2014)
• Goniastrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Coelastrea tenuis belongs to Coelastrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Hydnophora belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Leptoria belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Mycedium belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Orbicella belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Orbicella annularis belongs to Orbicella - Huang et al. (2014)
• Goniastrea stelligera belongs to Goniastrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Orbicella franksi belongs to Orbicella - Huang et al. (2014)
• Oulophyllia belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Paramontastraea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Pectinia belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Platygyra belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Scapophyllia belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Trachyphyllia belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Montastrea belongs to Montastraeidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Diploastrea belongs to Diploastraeidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Diploastraeidae belongs to Scleractinia - Huang et al. (2014)
• Montastraeidae belongs to Scleractinia - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea favus belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Astrea rotulosa belongs to Astrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Astrea curta belongs to Astrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Astrea annuligera belongs to Astrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Merulina ampliata belongs to Merulina - Huang et al. (2014)
• Merulina belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Australogyra belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Caulastrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Coelastrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Coelastrea aspera belongs to Coelastrea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Cyphastrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Astrea belongs to Merulinidae - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea helianthoides belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea lacuna belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea laxa belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea lizardensis belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea matthaii belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea maxima belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea pallida belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea rotumana belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea speciosa belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea veroni belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)
• Dipsastraea amicorum belongs to Dipsastraea - Huang et al. (2014)