# Heliopora

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***Heliopora*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [cnidarians](/source/Cnidaria) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) Helioporidae (see below for the family).[1] The genus consists of reef building corals, and is ancient and highly conserved.[2] The species *Heliopora coerulea* is also known as "blue coral".[2]

## Helioporidae

In most texts, the family **Helioporidae** includes only the genus *Heliopora* and several extinct genera. However, according to McFadden et al. 2022 and some authors in the past, the family Helioporidae is identical with the whole traditional order [Helioporacea](/source/Helioporacea), i. e. it also contains what is called the family [Aulopsammiidae](/source/Aulopsammiidae) (= [Lithotelestidae](/source/Lithotelestidae)) by other authors.[1][3][4]

## Species

Currently, the species known to be part of the genus *Heliopora* are:[1]

- *[Heliopora coerulea](/source/Heliopora_coerulea)* (Pallas, 1766) - blue coral
- *[Heliopora fijiensis](/source/Heliopora_fijiensis)*† Hoffmeister, 1945
- *[Heliopora hiberniana](/source/Heliopora_hiberniana)* Richards, Yasuda, Kikuchi, Foster, Mitsuyuki, Stat, Suyama & Wilson, 2018[2]

## References

1. ["Heliopora de Blainville, 1830"](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206210). *World Register of Marine Species*. Retrieved 2024-07-14.

1. Wilson, Nerida G.; Suyama, Yoshihisa; Stat, Michael; Chika Mitsuyuki; Foster, Taryn; Kikuchi, Taisei; Yasuda, Nina; Richards, Zoe T. (2018-10-26). "Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)". *Scientific Reports*. **8** (1): 15875. [Bibcode:2018NatSR...815875R](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018NatSR...815875R). [doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32969-z](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32969-z). [ISSN 2045-2322](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2045-2322). [PMC 6203795](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203795). [PMID 30367122](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30367122)

1. McFadden, Catherine S.; Ofwegen, Leen P. van; Quattrini, Andrea M. (14 October 2022). ["Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics"](https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735). *Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists*. **1** (3). [doi:10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735](https://doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735). [ISSN 2768-0819](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2768-0819)

1. Morales, H. H., Löser, H. Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 287 Heft 3 (2018), p. 351 - 363 [\[1\]](https://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/njgpa/detail/287/88698/Revision_of_the_family_Helioporidae_Helioporacea_A?af=crossref)

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