• Oulophyllia Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1848. Note sur la classification de la deuxieme tribu de la famille des Astreides. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 27(20): 490-497 [492].

  Type species:

   Meandrina crispa Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.
• Coelogyra Nemenzo, F. 1959. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians. II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135 [109].

  Type species:

   Coelogyra levis Nemenzo, 1959 by original designation.
• Ulophyllia Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 2 633 pp. [377].

  Type species:

   Meandrina crispa Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. & Budd, A.F. 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355 [328]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

History of changes

• Favites bennettae Veron, J.E.N., Pichon, M. & Wijsman-Best, M. 1977. Scleractinia of eastern Australia. Part II. Families Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Monograph Series 3: 1-233 [73, 76-78, figs 136-144, 445-448].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1977.1.1.3., Falcon Island, Palm Islands, collecting station 57, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Oulophyllia bennettae (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977). —
  Veron, J.E.N. & Marsh, L.M. 1988. Hermatypic corals of Western Australia. Records and annotated species list. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 29: 1–136 [110]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Veron, J.E.N. & Kelley, R. 1988. Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Hawaii : Hawaii University Press pp. 1-642.

History of changes

• Maeandrina crispa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp.
• Ulophyllia stokesiana Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 2 633 pp. [379].
• Ulophyllia aspera Quelch, J.J. 1886. Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(3): 1-203, I-XII pls.
• Ulophyllia cellulosa Quelch, J.J. 1886. Report on the reef-corals collected by H.M.S Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(3): 1-203, I-XII pls.
• Ulophyllia stuhlmanni Rehberg, H. 1892. Neue und wenig bekannte Korallen. Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftliche Verein zu Hamburg 12: 1-50.
• Ulophyllia maxima Rehberg, H. 1892. Neue und wenig bekannte Korallen. Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftliche Verein zu Hamburg 12: 1-50.
• Coeloria cooperi Gardiner, J.S. 1904. Madreporaria, I Introduction, II Astraeidae. p. 756 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 2.
• Coeloria magna Gardiner, J.S. 1904. Madreporaria, I Introduction, II Astraeidae. p. 756 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 2.
• Ulophyllia bonhourei Gravier, C. 1910. Sur quelques formes nouvdles de Aladreporaires de la baic de Tadjourah. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 16: 273–276.
• Coeloria gigantea Yabe, H. & Sugiyama, T. 1935. On some simple corals from the Neogene of Java. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy Tokyo 17: 269-273.
• Oulophyllia levis Nemenzo, F. 1959. Systematic studies on Philippine shallow-water Scleractinians. II. Suborder Faviida. Natural and Applied Science Bulletin, University of the Philippines 16: 73-135 [junior homonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Arrigoni, R., Huang, D., Berumen, M.L., Budd, A.F., Montano, S., Richards, Z.T., Terraneo, T.I. & Benzoni, F. 2021. Integrative systematics of the scleractinian coral genera Caulastraea, Erythrastrea and Oulophyllia. Zoologica Scripta 50(4): 509-527

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes