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Merulinidae  Verrill, 1866
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53433

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2001   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderFaviina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyMerulinidae Verrill, 1866  
    Direct Children:  
                         Genus Boninastraea Yabe and Sugiyama, 1935  
                         Genus Boninastrea Yabe and Sugiyama, 1935  
                         Genus Clavarina Verrill, 1864  
                         Genus Hydnophora Fischer, 1807  
                         Genus Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834  
                         Genus Paraclavarina Veron, 1985  
                         Genus Scapophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
       

 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: Merulinidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Merulinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  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   
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  Reference for: Merulinidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Dietrich H. H.  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Living coral reefs of the world.   
  Page(s): 185   
  Publisher: Arco Publishing, Inc.   
  Publication Place: New York, NY   
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  Reference for: Merulinidae   
       

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