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Oculinidae Gray, 1847

135078  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135078)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Oculinidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Madreporidae Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oculininae Gray, 1947 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Genus Astrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 †
  2. Genus Bantamia Yabe & Eguchi, 1943 †
  3. Genus Bathelia Moseley, 1880
  4. Genus Coelohelia Vaughan, 1900 †
  5. Genus Cyathelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  6. Genus Diblasus Lonsdale, 1850 †
  7. Genus Haplohelia Reuss, 1865 †
  8. Genus Oculina Lamarck, 1816
  9. Genus Palaeohelia Alloiteau, 1958 †
  10. Genus Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855
  11. Genus Petrophyllia Felix, 1885 †
  12. Genus Pseudoagatheria Eguchi, 1951 †
  13. Genus Schizoculina Wells, 1937
  14. Genus Amphelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Araiocoenia Alloiteau, 1948 † accepted as Actinastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Archohelia Vaughan, 1919 † accepted as Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Genus Astrohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 † accepted as Astrhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Genus Cyathohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 accepted as Cyathelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Genus Dentipora Blainville, 1830 accepted as Oculina Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Genus Madripora Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  22. Genus Matrepora Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  23. Genus Neohelia Moseley, 1880 accepted as Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Genus Oculinidarum Marenzeller, 1904 accepted as Oculina Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  25. Subfamily Oculininae Gray, 1947 accepted as Oculinidae Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  26. Genus Trymohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray J.E. (1847). An outline of an arrangement of stony corals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19: 120-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266284 [details] 
Description Colonial, hermatypic and ahermatypic, extant and fossil. Corallites are thickened and linked by a smooth coenosteum. Septa...  
Description Colonial, hermatypic and ahermatypic, extant and fossil. Corallites are thickened and linked by a smooth coenosteum. Septa are very exsert.
Related family is Rhizangiidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
WoRMS (2024). Oculinidae Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135078 on 2024-11-20
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2010-12-04 01:41:22Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2022-06-25 08:07:44Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2023-12-09 16:57:16Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Gray J.E. (1847). An outline of an arrangement of stony corals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19: 120-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266284 [details] 

original description (of Madreporidae Gray, 1847) Gray J.E. (1847). An outline of an arrangement of stony corals. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19: 120-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2266284 [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Veron JEN, Pichon M. (1980). Scleractinia of Eastern Australia – Part III. Family Agariciidae, Siderastreidae, Fungiidae, Oculinidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae, Pectinidae, Caryophyllidae, Dendrophylliidae. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series.</em> 4: 1-459. [details] 

additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details] 

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

identification resource Cairns, S.D. & M. Kitahara. (2012). An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 227: 1-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Unknown type UNMdP [details]
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Diagnosis Corallum colonial, usually forming dendroid colonies by extratentacular budding; septa laminar, composed of one fan system of closely spaced, simple trabeculae resulting in a smooth axial margin; septothecate, externally thickened by dense coenosteum; endothecal dissepiments present or replaced by stereome; synapticulae absent; septa usually hexamerally arranged; columella and pali absent or present. [details]

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Description Colonial, hermatypic and ahermatypic, extant and fossil. Corallites are thickened and linked by a smooth coenosteum. Septa are very exsert.
Related family is Rhizangiidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
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