pillar coral
Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Name authority
- (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Common name
- pillar coral
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Meandrinidae
- Genus
- Dendrogyra
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classAnthozoa
- subclassHexacorallia
- orderScleractinia Bourne, 1900
- suborderVacatina Okubo, 2016
- familyMeandrinidae Gray, 1847
- genusDendrogyra Ehrenberg, 1834
- speciesDendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dendrogyra cylindricus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Dendrogyra sanctihilarii Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 | synonym |
| Maeandra (Dendrogyra) caudex Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Meandrina caudex (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Meandrina cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Meandrina (Platygyra) spatiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Maeandra caudex Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Maeandra cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Maeandra (Dendrogyra) cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Dendrogyra caudex (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Dendrogyra spatiosa (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Ehrenberg, 1834) | synonym |
| Maeandra (Platygyra) spatiosa Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Meandrina spatiosa Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
| Maeandra spatiosa Ehrenberg, 1834 Ehrenberg, 1834 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418865 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34Q9H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.