All Species
103 Species in Family Merulinidae
Nominal species list for Merulinidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (Audouin, 1826) Green open brain coral
Physophyllia ayleni (Wells, 1935)
Pectinia pygmaea Veron, 2000
Pectinia teres Nemenzo & Montecillo, 1981
Pectinia paeonia (Dana, 1846) Plate coral
Pectinia maxima (Moll & Borel-Best, 1984)
Pectinia lactuca (Pallas, 1766) Lettuce coral
Pectinia elongata (Rehberg, 1892)
Pectinia crassa Ditlev, 2003
Pectinia alcicornis (Saville-Kent, 1871) Antler coral
Pectinia africana Veron, 2000
Paramontastraea serageldini (Veron, 2000)
Paramontastraea salebrosa (Nemenzo, 1959)
Paramontastraea peresi (Faure & Pichon, 1978)
Paragoniastrea russelli (Wells, 1954)
Paragoniastrea deformis (Veron, 1990)
Paragoniastrea australensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857) Lesser star coral
Orbicella franksi (Gregory, 1895) Boulder star coral
Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Mountainous star coral
Orbicella annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Carribean star coral
Mycedium umbra Veron, 2000 Green eyed cup coral
Mycedium steeni Veron, 2000
Mycedium spina Ditlev, 2003
Mycedium mancaoi Nemenzo, 1979
Mycedium robokaki Moll & Borel-Best, 1984
Mycedium elephantotus (Pallas, 1766) Chinese lettuce coral
Merulina scheeri Head, 1983
Merulina triangularis (Veron & Pichon, 1980)
Merulina ampliata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Merulina coral
Merulina cylindrica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Columniform crust coral
Merulina scabricula Dana, 1846 Crispy crust coral
Hydnophora rigida (Dana, 1846) Spine coral
Hydnophora pilosa Veron, 1985
Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816) Small-coned coral
Hydnophora grandis Gardiner, 1904
Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
Hydnophora bonsai Veron, 1990
Goniastrea stelligera (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea thecata Veron, DeVantier & Turak, 2000
Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
Goniastrea ramosa Veron, 2000
Goniastrea minuta Veron, 2000
Goniastrea pectinata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Goniastrea favulus (Dana, 1846)
Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier, 1971
Goniastrea columella Crossland, 1948
Favites vasta (Klunzinger, 1879)
Favites stylifera Yabe & Sugiyama, 1937
Favites valenciennesii (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Favites spinosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
Favites solidocolumellae Latypov, 2006
Favites rotundata Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977
Favites pentagona (Esper, 1790)
Favites paraflexuosus Veron, 2000
Favites micropentagonus Veron, 2000 Golden war coral
Favites monticularis Mondal, Raghunathan & Venkataraman, 2013
Favites melicerum (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Favites magnistellata (Chevalier, 1971)
Favites halicora (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Favites flexuosa (Dana, 1846)
Favites complanata (Ehrenberg, 1834) Larger star coral
Favites favosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Favites colemani (Veron, 2000) Montastrea coral
Favites chinensis (Verrill, 1866)
Favites acuticollis (Ortmann, 1889)
Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Large star coral
Echinomorpha nishihirai (Veron, 1990)
Dipsastraea vietnamensis (Veron, 2000)
Dipsastraea veroni (Moll & Best, 1984)
Dipsastraea truncata (Veron, 2000)
Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846) Larger knob coral
Dipsastraea rotumana (Gardiner, 1899)
Dipsastraea rosaria (Veron, 2000)
Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846)
Dipsastraea matthaii (Vaughan, 1918)
Dipsastraea marshae (Veron, 2000)
Dipsastraea maritima (Nemenzo, 1971)
Dipsastraea lizardensis (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)
Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)
Dipsastraea laddi (Wells, 1954)
Dipsastraea lacuna (Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000)
Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954) Knob coral
Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) Head coral
Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
Dipsastraea faviaformis (Veron, 2000)
Dipsastraea amicorum (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849) Basket coral
Dipsastraea albida (Veron, 2000)
Coelastrea tenuis Verrill, 1866
Coelastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936)
Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)
Coelastrea incrustans (Duncan, 1886)
Catalaphyllia jardinei (Saville-Kent, 1893) Elegance coral
Caulastraea furcata Dana, 1846 Torch coral
Caulastraea echinulata (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Boninastrea boninensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
Astrea rotulosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Astrea devantieri (Veron, 2000)
Astrea curta (Dana, 1846)
Astrea annuligera Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 False knob coral
Astraeosmilia tumida (Matthai, 1928)
Astraeosmilia maxima (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)
Astraeosmilia curvata (Wijsman-Best, 1972) Trumpet coral
Astraeosmilia connata Ortmann, 1892 Large polyp coral
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