Modern Coral Taxonomy Requires Reproducible Data Alongside Field Observations—Comments on Veron et al. (2025)
Cowman PF, Bridge TCL, Ainsworth TD et al. (2026) Diversity 18(2):60

A nomenclature for the extant hermatypic scleractinian corals including type locations and taxonomic status for 2,338 nominal species
Crosbie AJ, Bridge TLC, Mera H et al. (2026) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 67:1–10

A new reef-dwelling coral, Pavona giannii sp. nov. (Scleractinia, Agariciidae), with an overview of the skeletal morphology of the type specimens of the genus Pavona
Benzoni F (2025) ZooKeys 1260: 123-147

The tables have turned: taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Acropora hyacinthus (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) complex
Rassmussen SH, Cowman PF, Baird AH et al. (2025) Invert Systematics 39 (8): IS24049

Identity of Montipora angulata (Lamarck, 1816) (Scleractinia, Acroporidae)
Nomura K, Baird AH, Suzuki G (2024) Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies 26 (1): 54-62

A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’ (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex
Bridge TCL, Cowman PF, Quattrini AM et al. (2023) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202:zlad062 

First record in 135 years since the original description of a zooxanthellate scleractinian coral, Montipora stalagmites Ortmann, 1888 collected from Minami- Daitojima Island (Okinawa, Japan), and the Montipora fauna of this Island
Nomura K, Baird AH, Suzuki G (2023) Fauna Ryukyuana 68: 41-51

Types, topotypes and vouchers are the key to progress in coral taxonomy: Comment on Wepfer et al. (2020)
Bonito, V.E., Baird, A.H., Bridge, T., Cowman, P.F., Fenner, D. (2021) Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 159: 107104

Solving the Coral Species Delimitation Conundrum
Ramírez-Portilla, C., Baird, A.H., Cowman, P.F., Quattrini, A.M., Harii, S., Sinniger, F., Flot, J-F. (2021) Systematic Biology syab077

Phylogenomics of Porites from the Arabian Peninsula
Terraneo, T.I., Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R. et al. (2021) Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 161: 107173

Inclusivity is key to progressing coral biodiversity research: Reply to comment by Bonito et al. 2021
Wepfer, P.H., Nakajima, Y., Sutthacheep, M. et al. (2021) Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 162: 107135

Towards a rigorous species delimitation framework for scleractinian corals based on RAD sequencing: the case study of Leptastrea from the Indo-Pacific
Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L., Mariappan, K.G. et al. (2020) Coral Reefs 39: 1001–1025

An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives
Cowman, P.F., Quattrini, A.M., Bridge, T.C.L., et al. (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 153: 106944

New approaches to species delimitation and population structure of anthozoans: two octocoral case studies using ultraconserved elements and exons
Erickson, K.L., Pentico, A., Quattrini, A.M., McFadden, C.S. (2021) Mol Ecol Resour 21: 78–92

Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea
Horowitz, J., Brugler, M.R., Bridge, T.C.L., Cowman, P.F. (2020) Zootaxa 4821 (3): 553–569

Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time
Quattrini, A.M., Rodríguez, E., Faircloth, B.C. et al. (2020) Nat Ecol Evol 4: 1531–1538

Evolutionary biogeography of the reef-building coral genus Galaxea across the Indo-Pacific ocean
Wepfer, P.H., Nakajima, Y., Sutthacheep, M., Radice, V.Z., Richards, Z., Ang, P., Terraneo, T.I. et al. (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Uncovering hidden coral diversity: a new cryptic lobophylliid scleractinian from the Indian Ocean
Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L., Stolarski, J., Terraneo, T.I. and Benzoni, F. (2019) Cladistics, 35: 301-328

Corals of the Red Sea
Berumen M.L., Arrigoni R., Bouwmeester J., Terraneo T.I., Benzoni F. (2019) In: Voolstra C., Berumen M. (eds) Coral Reefs of the Red Sea. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 11. Springer, Cham

A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals
Quattrini, A.M., Wu, T., Soong, K., Jeng, M-S., Benayahu, Y., McFadden, C.S. (2019) BMC Evol Biol 19, 116

The complete mitochondrial genome of Porites harrisoni (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) obtained using next-generation sequencing
Terraneo, T.I., Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Forsman, Z.H., Berumen, M.L. (2019) Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3:1, 286-287

Using ezRAD to reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genome of Porites fontanesii (Cnidaria: Scleractinia)
Terraneo, T.I., Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Forsman, Z.H., Berumen, M.L. (2019) Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3:1, 173-174

Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of Porites (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
Terraneo, T.I., Benzoni, F., Baird, A.H., Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L. (2019) Systematics and Biodiversity 17(5):491-508

Environmental latitudinal gradients and host‐specificity shape Symbiodiniaceae distribution in Red Sea Porites corals
Terraneo, T.I., Fusi, M., Hume, B.C.C., Arrigoni, R., Voolstra, C.R., Benzoni, F., Forsman, Z.H., Berumen, M.L. (2019) J Biogeogr 46: 2323– 2335

Morphological and genetic divergence between Mediterranean and Caribbean populations of Madracis pharensis (Heller 1868) (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae): too much for one species?
Benzoni F., Arrigoni R., Berumen M.L., Taviani M., Bongaerts P., Frade P.R. Zootaxa 4471:473-492 (2018)

Universal target‐enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: New approaches to long‐standing problems
Quattrini, A.M., Faircloth, B.C., Dueñas, L.F., et al. Mol Ecol Resour 18: 281– 295 (2018)

Cyphastrea (Cnidaria : Scleractinia : Merulinidae) in the Red Sea: phylogeny and a new reef coral species
Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L., Huang, D., Terraneo, T.I., Benzoni, F. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2):141-156 (2017)

A new sequence data set of SSU rRNA gene for Scleractinia and its phylogenetic and ecological applications
Arrigoni, R., Vacherie, B., Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Karsenti, E., Jaillon, O., Not, F., Nunes, F., Payri, C., Wincker, P., Barbe, V. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: 1054-1071 (2017)

Cyphastrea salae, a new species of hard coral from Lord Howe Island, Australia (Scleractinia, Merulinidae)
Baird, A.H., Hoogenboom, M.O., Huang, D. ZooKeys 662:49-66 (2017)

A genomic glance through the fog of plasticity and diversification in Pocillopora
Johnston, E.C., Forsman, Z.H., Flot, J., Schmidt-Roach, S., Pinzón, J.H., Knapp, I.S.S., Toonen, R.J. Sci Rep 7:5991 (2017)

Exploring genetic diversity of shallow-water Agariciidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Saudi Arabian Red Sea
Terraneo, T.I., Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Tietbohl, M.D., Berumen, M.L. Mar Biodiv 47, 1065–1078 (2017)

When forms meet genes: revision of the scleractinian genera Micromussa and Homophyllia (Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species and one new genus
Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Huang, D. et al. Contributions to Zoology 85(4):387-422 (2016)

Recent origin and semi-permeable species boundaries in the scleractinian coral genus Stylophora from the Red Sea
Arrigoni, R., Benzoni, F., Terraneo, T., Caragnano, A., Berumen, M.L. Sci Rep 6, 34612 (2016)

Species delimitation in the reef coral genera Echinophyllia and Oxypora (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species
Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L., Chen, C.A., Terraneo, T.I., Baird, A.H., Payri, C., Benzoni, F.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105:146-159 (2016)

Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)
Huang D., Arrigoni R., Benzoni F. et al. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 436-481 (2016)

The New Systematics of Scleractinia: Integrating Molecular and Morphological Evidence
Kitahara M.V., Fukami H., Benzoni F., Huang D. In: Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (eds) The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future. Springer, pp 41-59 (2016)

Species delimitation in the coral genus Goniopora (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Saudi Arabian Red Sea
Terraneo, T.I., Benzoni, F., Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:278-294 (2016)

Forgotten in the taxonomic literature: resurrection of the scleractinian coral genus Sclerophyllia (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and its phylogenetic relationships
Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M.L., Terraneo, T.I., Caragnano, A., Bouwmeester, J., Benzoni, F. Systematics and Biodiversity 13:140-163 (2015)

Cyphastrea kausti sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia), a new species of reef coral from the Red Sea
Bouwmeester, J., Benzoni, F., Baird, A.H., Berumen, M.L. ZooKeys 496:1-13 (2015)

Scleractinian coral families Fungiidae, Agariciidae and Euphylliidae of Pulau Layang-Layang, Spratly Islands, with a note on Pavona maldivensis
Waheed Z., Benzoni F., van der Meij S.E.T., Terraneo T.I., Hoeksema B.W. Zookeys 517: 1-37 (2015).