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Meandrina Lamarck, 1801

Label from the holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila.
Label from the holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila.

206740  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206740)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Meandrinidae (Family)
  9. Meandrina (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Brachymaeandrina Duncan, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Goreaugyra Wells, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Maeandra Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > unavailable name (junior synonym)
Maeandrina Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Meandra Oken, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sphenophyllia Moseley, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thecophyllia Dainelli, 1915 † · unaccepted > junior homonym

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  1. Species Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  2. Species Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  3. Species Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
  4. Species Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Subgenus Meandrina (Platygyra) Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Meandrina (Platygyra) lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Meandrina (Platygyra) spatiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Species Meandrina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Meandrina braziliensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  8. Species Meandrina brazilienzis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  9. Species Meandrina caudex (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Species Meandrina cerebriformis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Meandrina clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Meandrina crispa Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  13. Species Meandrina cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Meandrina daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) accepted as Meandrina danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  16. Species Meandrina dealea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Meandrina delicatula (Ortmann, 1888) accepted as Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Meandrina filograna (Esper, 1789) accepted as Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Meandrina gracilis Dana, 1846 accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Meandrina grandiloba Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  21. Species Meandrina grandilobata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Meandrina gyrosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Meandrina laberintiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
  24. Species Meandrina labyrinthica (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Meandrina lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Meandrina maeandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  27. Species Meandrina mammosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pseudodiploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Meandrina memorialis (Wells, 1973) accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Species Meandrina pectinata Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Meandrina phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Meandrina rustica Dana, 1846 accepted as Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  32. Species Meandrina sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Meandrina sinuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Lobophyllia sinuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  34. Species Meandrina spatiosa Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Meandrina strigosa Dana, 1846 accepted as Pseudodiploria strigosa (Dana, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  36. Species Meandrina tenuis Dana, 1846 accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Meandrina truncata Dana, 1846 accepted as Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Meandrina cerebrum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  39. Species Meandrina crassa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  40. Species Meandrina dedalea Le Sueur, 1820 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Meandrina heterogyra Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Meandrina intermedia Duchassaing, 1850 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  43. Species Meandrina interrupta Dana, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  44. Species Meandrina labyrinthica Le Sueur, 1817 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  45. Species Meandrina serrata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  46. Species Meandrina sinuosissima Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  47. Species Meandrina spongiosa Dana, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  48. Species Meandrina superficialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  49. Species Meandrina valida Dana, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Meandrina Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206740 on 2025-04-03
Date
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-09-03 22:03:43Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2018-08-16 19:12:21Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2019-08-25 11:38:48Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-05-10 10:52:12Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2024-09-22 18:51:59Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Goreaugyra Wells, 1973) Wells JW (1973) Two new hermatypic scleractinian corals from the West Indies. Bulletin of Marine Science 23: 925-932. [details] 

original description (of Maeandra Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Meandra Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Brachymaeandrina Duncan, 1884) Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

original description (of Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sphenophyllia Moseley, 1880) Moseley, H.N. (1881 [1880]). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the years 1873–1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 2 (part 7): 1-248, pl. Hydrocorallinae 1-14, Helioporidae 1-2, Madreporaria 1-16., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-07/README.htm [details] 

original description (of Thecophyllia Dainelli, 1915 †) Dainelli, G. (1915). L'Eocene friulano. Monografia geologica e paleontologica. Firenze: M. Ricci. 721 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

Other

additional source Veron JEN. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia.</em> [details] 

additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details] 

additional source Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details] 

additional source Zlatarski VN, Martinez Estalella N. (1982). Les Scléractiniaires de Cuba avec des données sur les organismes associés. <em>Editions l'Académie bulgare des Sciences, Sofia.</em> 472 pp. [details] 

additional source Dunn, D. F. (1982). Cnidaria. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York and other cities., volume 1, pp. 669-706
page(s): 702 [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
English butterprint brain coral  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meandrina) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1172118 fragments) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 85741 fragments) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Label from the holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila.
Label from the holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila.
Image from synonym
The holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila
The holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila
Image from synonym
The holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila
The holotype of Brachymaeandrina pachychila
Image from synonym
holotype of Goreaugyra memorialis Wells
holotype of Goreaugyra memorialis Wells
Image from synonym
holotype of Goreaugyra memorialis Wells
holotype of Goreaugyra memorialis Wells
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Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1172118 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 1172118 fragments)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 85741 fragments)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ USNM 85741 fragments)
Hosted externally

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