Merulinidae

Belongs within: Scleractinia.

The Merulinidae are an assemblage of hermatypic corals with a faviid-like but highly fused skeletal structure lacking paliform lobes (Unesco 1985).

<==Merulinidae
    |--Scapophyllia Edwards & Haime 1858U85
    |    `--S. cylindrica Milne Edwards & Haime 1848M09
    |--Merulina Ehrenberg 1834U85
    |    |--M. ampliata (Ellis & Solander 1786)M09
    |    |--M. scabricula Dana 1846M09
    |    |--M. scherri Head 1983CHL99
    |    `--M. speciosa Verrill 1864U85
    |--Clavarina Verrill 1864U85
    |    `--C. triangularis Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1979U85
    |--Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim 1807V90
    |    |--H. bonsai Veron 1990CHL99
    |    |--H. exesa (Pallas 1766)M09
    |    |--H. grandis Gardiner 1906CHL99
    |    |--H. lobataH04
    |    |--H. microconos (Lamarck 1816)M09
    |    |--H. pilosa Veron 1985M09
    |    |--H. racemosaH04
    |    `--H. rigida (Dana 1846)M09
    |--Boninastrea boninensis Yabe & Sugiyama 1935CHL99
    `--Paraclavarina triangularis (Veron, Pichon & Best 1977)CHL99

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[CHL99] Cairns, S. D., B. W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. 1999. Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin 459: 13–46.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[M09] McKinney, D. 2009. A survey of the scleractinian corals at Mermaid, Scott, and Seringapatam Reefs, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 105–143.

[U85] Unesco. 1985. Coral taxonomy: results and recommendations of a regional Unesco (COMAR)/ UNEP workshop with advanced training. Unesco Reports in Marine Science 33: 1–42.

[V90] Veron, J. E. N. 1990. Re-examination of the reef corals of Cocos (Keeling) Atoll. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14 (4): 553–581.