MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Oculinidae Gray, 1847

AfReMaS taxon details

Oculinidae Gray, 1847

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Vacatina

Direct children (2)

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Genus Cyathelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Genus Oculina Lamarck, 1816

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2024). Oculinidae Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135078 on 2025-04-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Oculinidae Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135078 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2010-12-04 01:41:22Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2022-06-25 08:07:44Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2023-12-09 16:57:16Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Gray J.E. (1847). An outline of an arrangement of stony corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 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. Australian Institute of Marine Science Monograph Series. 4: 1-459. [details]

additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde. 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. ZooKeys. 227: 1-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 [details] Available for editors