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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia

Familia: Caryophylliidae
Subfamiliae: Caryophylliinae - Dasmiinae - Desmophyllinae - Eusmiliinae - Parasmiliinae
Name

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
References

Picciani, N.; Pires, D.O.; Silva, H.R. 2011: Cnidocysts of Caryophylliidae and Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia): taxonomic distribution and phylogenetic implications. Zootaxa, 3135: 35–54. Preview
Reyes, J.; Santodomingo, N.; Cairns, S. 2009: Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa, 2262: 1–39. Abstract & excerpt
Waheed, Z., Benzoni, F., van der Meij, S.E.T., Terraneo, T.I. & Hoeksema, B.W. 2015. Scleractinian corals (Fungiidae, Agariciidae and Euphylliidae) of Pulau Layang-Layang, Spratly Islands, with a note on Pavona maldivensis (Gardiner, 1905). Zookeys 517: 1-37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.517.9308 Full article Reference page.

Links

Cairns, Stephen D. 2002. Caryophylliidae Dana 1846. Version 28 October 2002 in The Tree of Life Web Project

The Caryophylliidae are a family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water.[1]
Genera
Cladocora caespitosa
Heterocyathus aequicostatus

Africana Ocana & Brito, 2015
Anomocora Studer, 1878
Asterosmilia † Duncan, 1867
Aulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904
Bathycyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984
Brachytrochus † Reuss, 1864
Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
Ceratotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coelosimilia † [2]
Coenocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coenosmilia Pourtalès, 1874
Colangia Pourtalès, 1871
Concentrotheca Cairns, 1979
Confluphyllia Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997
Conotrochus Sequenza, 1864
Crispatotrochus Woods, 1878
Dasmosmilia Pourtalès, 1880
Dendrosmilia † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834
Discocyathus † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Ericiocyathus Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997
Fimbriaphyllia Veron & Pichon, 1980
Goniocorella Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Hoplangia Gosse, 1860
Labyrinthocyathus Cairns, 1979
Leptocyathus † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Lochmaeotrochus Alcock, 1902
Lophosmilia †
Monohedotrochus Kitahara & Cairns, 2005
Nomlandia Durham & Barnard, 1952
Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870
Paraconotrochus Cairns & Parker, 1992
Paracyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979
Phyllangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Polycyathus Duncan, 1876
Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884
Premocyathus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942
Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978
Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873
Stephanocyathus Sequenza, 1864
Sympodangia Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997
Tethocyathus Kuhn, 1933
Thalamophyllia Duchassaing, 1870
Thecocyathus † Milne Edwarsd & Haime, 1848
Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Trochosmilia † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Vaughanella Gravier, 1915

Literature

S. A. Fossa and A. J. Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3-928819-05-4

References

Hoeksema, Bert (2018). "Caryophylliidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
Stolarski, Jaroslaw; Anders Meibom; Radoslaw Przenios; Maciej Mazur (5 October 2007). "A Cretaceous Scleractinian Coral with a Calcitic Skeleton". Science. USA: American Academy for the Advancement of Science. 318 (5847): 92–94. doi:10.1126/science.1149237. PMID 17916731.

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