Taxonomy Profile: Meandrinidae (Gray 1847)

Meandrinidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Meandrinidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Cnidaria
cnidarians |
coelenterates |
água viva |
anêmona |
caravela |
cnidario |
coral |
hidra |
cnidaires |
coelentérés |
Subphylum : Anthozoa
Class : Anthozoa
corals |
flower animals |
sea anemones |
água viva |
anêmona |
antozoário |
caravela |
corais |
gorgônia |
anémones de mer |
coraux |
Subclass : Hexacorallia
Order : Scleractinia
stony corals |
madrépores |
Suborder : Faviina
Family : Meandrinidae
Meandrinidae Direct Children(s):
Dichocoenia
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Meandrina
(Lamarck 1801)
Dendrogyra
(Ehrenberg 1834)
Eusmilia
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Meandrinidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Stephen D. Cairns
Notes:
Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA
Reference for:
Meandrinidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Meandrinidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Cairns, Stephen D.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-08-01 / 1999-08-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Species richness of recent Scleractinia
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59
Page(s):
1-46
Publisher:
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Meandrinidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Moore, Raymond C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1956-01-01 / 1956-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata
Page(s):
xx + F1-F498
Publisher:
Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions
Reference for:
Meandrinidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Fukami, Hironobu, Chaolun Allen Chen, Ann F. Budd, Allen Collins, Carden Wallace, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2008-09-16 / 2008-09-16
Article/Chapter Title:
Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
PLoS ONE, vol. 3, no. 9
Page(s):
e3222
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1932-6203
Notes:
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003222
Reference for:
Meandrinidae
Meandrinidae: Geographic Information
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Meandrinidae: Comments