Merulinidae is a family of reef-building Scleractinia.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of
Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and
Trachyphylliidae are the most closely related families.
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Genera
The World Register of Marine Species includes these genus in the family:[
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Astrea Lamarck, 1801
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Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
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Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
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Caulastraea Dana, 1846
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Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
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Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
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Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
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Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983
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Favites Link, 1807
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Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
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Hydnophyllia † Reis, 1889
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Isastraea† Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
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Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
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Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
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Orbicella Dana, 1846
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Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
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Paraleptoria† Budd & Bosellini, 2016
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Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
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Pectinia Blainville, 1825
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Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
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Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
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Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
