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