Merulinidae
# Merulinidae

Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.

## 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.

## Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera in the family:

* Astrea Lamarck, 1801
* Australogyra Veron & Pichon, 1982
* Boninastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
* Caulastraea Dana, 1846
* Coelastrea Verrill, 1866
* Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830
* Echinopora Lamarck, 1816
* Erythrastrea Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983
* Favites Link, 1807
* Goniastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* Hydnophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
* Hydnophyllia † Reis, 1889
* Isastraea† Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
* Leptoria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* Merulina Ehrenberg, 1834
* Mycedium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
* Orbicella Dana, 1846
* Oulophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* Paragoniastrea Huang, Benzoni & Budd, 2014
* Paraleptoria† Budd & Bosellini, 2016
* Paramontastraea Huang & Budd, 2014
* Pectinia Blainville, 1825
* Physophyllia Duncan, 1884
* Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834
* Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
