Caryophylliidae
Dana, 1846
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary or colonial, free (polyp not investing entire corallum) or attached, most azooxanthellate, sometimes reproducing by transverse division; septa laminar, composed of one fan system of numerous closely-spaced, simple trabecular resulting in a smooth axial margin; wall septothecate or parathecate, sometimes covered with textura; endotheca and dissepiments sometimes present; synapticulae absent; septa arranged in various symmetries but usually hexameral; pali and columella present or absent;
Contains
- Anomocora Studer, 1878, p. 641
- Antillocyathus Wells, 1937, p. 245
- Asterosmilia Duncan, 1867, p. 653
- Aulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904, p. 300
- Bathycyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984, p. 210
- Brachiatusmilia Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, p. 249
- Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801, p. 370
- Caryosmilia Wanner, 1902, p. 103
- Ceratotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Coelosmilia Milne Edwards, 1850, p. xxv
- Coenocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 297
- Coenosmilia Pourtales, 1874, 39
- Colangia Pourtales, 1871, p. 31
- Concentrotheca Cairns, 1979, p. 66
- Confluphyllia Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997, 139
- Conicosmilotrochus Turnsek, 1978, p. 22
- Conotrochus Seguenza, 1864, p. 83 (477)
- Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878, p. 309
- Dactylotrochus Wells, 1954, p. 470
- Dasmosmilia Pourtales, 1880, p. 108
- Deltocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 325
- Dendrosmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 468.
- Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 299
- Ericiocyathus Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997, 120
- Faksephyllia Floris, 1972, p. 73
- Goniocorella Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 389
- Hoplangia Gosse, 1860, p. 337
- Labyrinthocyathus Cairns, 1979, 70
- Leptocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 21
- Lochmaeotrochus Alcock, 1902b, p. 117
- Lophelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 69
- Monohedotrochus Kitahara and Cairns, 2005, 116
- Nomlandia Durham and Barnard, 1952, p. 91
- Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870, p. 26
- Paraconotrochus Cairns and Parker, 1992, p. 21
- Paracyathus Milne Edwards, 1848, p. 318
- Parasmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 467
- Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979, p. 144
- Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884, p. 72
- Premocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1942, p. 120
- Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978, p. 216
- Smilotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 58
- Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873, p. 327
- Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864, p. 61
- Stephanosmilia Fromentel, 1862, p. 242
- Stylotrochus de Fromentel, 1862, p. 202
- Thalamophyllia Duchassaing, 1870, p. 28
- Vaughanella Gravier, 1915, p. 10
- Vielicyathus Morycowa and Roniewicz, 1987: 112
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.
Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns Jarek Stolarski. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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