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Scleractinia

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
ORDER
Published in
Bourne, G. C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1–84. https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=196236

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Scleractinia

Name

Homonyms
Scleractinia
Common names
Hard Corals in English
Scléractiniaires in French
Steinkorallen in German
Stony Coral in English
Stony Corals in English
akmeniniai koralai in Lithuanian
hard corals in English
kamene korale in Slovenian
korale rafowe in Polish
madrépores in French
mercanlar in Turkish
sclerattinia in Italian
steinkoraller in Norwegian
stony coral in English
stony corals in English
stony corals in language.
stony corals in English
Склерактинії in Ukrainian
Склерактінії in Ukrainian
жесткие (мадрепоровые) кораллы in Russian
steinkoraller in Norwegian Bokmål
stony corals in English
stony corals in English
Madreporarian Corals in English
Riffkorallen in German
Riffkorallen in German
Scleractinians in English
Steinkorallen in German
Steinkorallen in German
True Corals in English
akmeniniai koralai in Lithuanian
akmeniniai koralai in Lithuanian
hard corals in English
hard corals in English
kamene korale in Slovenian
kamene korale in Slovenian
korale rafowe in Polish
korale rafowe in Polish
madreporarian corals in English
madreporarian corals in English
mercanlar in Turkish
mercanlar in Turkish
scleractinians in English
scleractinians in English
sclerattinia in Italian
sclerattinia in Italian
steenkoralen in Dutch
steenkoralen in Dutch
steinkoraller in Norwegian
steinkoraller in Norwegian

Bibliographic References

  1. Bourne G.C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84.
  2. Bourne G.C. (1900). Chap. 6. The Anthozoa. In: Lankester E.R. (ed), A Treatise on Zoology. Part II. The Porifera and Coelenterata. London, Adam & Charles Black. Pp. 1-84.
  3. Chevalier, J.P., Beauvais, L. (1987). Ordre des Scleractiniaires in: Cnidaires, anthozoaires. <em>Traite de Zoologie.</em> Tome III, Fascicule 3: 403-764.
  4. Chevalier, J.P., Beauvais, L. (1987). Ordre des Scleractiniaires in: Cnidaires, anthozoaires. <em>Traite de Zoologie.</em> Tome III, Fascicule 3: 403-764.
  5. Kuhlmann, Dietrich H. H., 1984: null. Living coral reefs of the world.. 185.
  6. Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312.
  7. Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Recherches sur les polypiers. Quatrième mémoire. Monographie des astréides(1). Tribu II. Astréens (Astreinae). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série 3, Zoologie.</em> 11: 233–312.
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  13. Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363.
  14. Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363.
  15. Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440.
  16. Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440.
  17. WoRMS Editorial Board (2015) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  18. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).
  19. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).
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