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
- Cenomanosmilia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 633
- Lophelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 69
- Coenosmilia Pourtales, 1874, 39
- Sabinotrochus Duncan, 1873, p. 320
- Aulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904, p. 300
- Paterocyathus Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860, p. 59 (335)
- Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801, p. 370
- Conotrochus Seguenza, 1864, p. 83 (477)
- Plesiocaryophyllia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 100
- Leptocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 21
- Paracyathus Milne Edwards, 1848, p. 318
- Pleurocyathus Moseley, 1881, p. 159
- Platytrochopsis Sikharulidze, 1975, p. 53
- Dactylotrochus Wells, 1954, p. 470
- Tethocyathus Kuehn, 1933, p. 200
- Stellangia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860, p. 80
- Gemmulatrochus Duncan, 1878, p. 243
- Antillocyathus Wells, 1937, p. 245
- Cyathina Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 76 (300)
- Hoplangia Gosse, 1860, p. 337
- Ceratocyathus Seguenza, 1864, p. 433 (34)
- Coenocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 297
- Stephanocyathus Seguenza, 1864, p. 61
- Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870, p. 26
- Crispatotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1878, p. 309
- Stephanotrochus Moseley, 1881, p. 151
- Dasmosmilia Pourtales, 1880, p. 108
- Coelosmilia Milne Edwards, 1850, p. xxv
- Monohedotrochus Kitahara and Cairns, 2005, 116
- Nomlandia Durham and Barnard, 1952, p. 91
- Cyathoceras Moseley, 1881, p. 156
- Levipalifer Vaughan, 1900, p. 200
- Anthophyllum Schweigger, 1819, p. 417
- Blastocyathus Reuss, 1864, p. 200
- Anomocora Studer, 1878, p. 641
- Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 198
- Dungulia Oppenheim, 1930
- Actinosmilia Orbigny, 1849, p. 6
- Metadeltocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995, p. 15
- Scolangia Tenison-Woods, 1880, p. 18
- Brachiatusmilia Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, p. 249
- Pseudodesmophyllum Reig Oriol, 1997, p. 10
- Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873, p. 327
- Syndepas Lyman, 1857, p. 274
- Stephanosmilia Fromentel, 1862, p. 242
- Paraconotrochus Cairns and Parker, 1992, p. 21
- Cyclocyathus Milne Edwards, 1851, p. 63
- Elasmosmilia M. Beauvais, 1960, p. 723
- Concentrotheca Cairns, 1979, p. 66
- Prototrochocyathus Kolosvary, 1959, p. 126
- Conicosmilotrochus Turnsek, 1978, p. 22
- Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884, p. 72
- Vaughanella Gravier, 1915, p. 10
- Lophohelia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1857, p. 116
- Microcyathus Doederlein, 1913, p. 129
- Thalassiotrochus Milne Edwards, 1861, 156
- Parasmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 467
- Stelloria Orbigny, 1849, vol. 2, p. 181
- Ceratotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Parasmiliopsis Alloiteau, 1957, p. 87
- Premocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1942, p. 120
- Aplocyathus Orbigny, 1852, vol. 3, p. 145
- Axocyathus Alloiteau, 1952, p. 649
- Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 299
- Labyrinthocyathus Cairns, 1979, 70
- Faksephyllia Floris, 1972, p. 73
- Goniocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 389
- Smilotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851, p. 58
- Lochmaeotrochus Alcock, 1902b, p. 117
- Ericiocyathus Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997, 120
- Anthophyllea Link, 1807, p. ?
- Caryosmilia Wanner, 1902, p. 103
- Astrocyathus Haeckel, 1904, pl. 9
- Blastosmilia Duncan, 1878, p. 244
- Steriphonotrochus Vaughan, 1900, p. 112
- Monticyathus Alloiteau and Tissier, 1958, 283
- Bathycyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
- Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979, p. 144
- Asterosmilia Duncan, 1867, p. 653
- Colangia Pourtales, 1871, p. 31
- Bourneotrochus Wells, 1984, p. 210
- Phloeocyathus Alcock, 1902b, p. 116
- Paratrochocyathus Alloiteau, 1958, p. 135
- Goniocorella Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 389
- Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978, p. 216
- Amblocyathus Orbigny, 1849, p. 5
- Deltocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 325
- Vielicyathus Morycowa and Roniewicz, 1987: 112
- Fragilocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 389
- Cyclosmilia Orbigny, 1849, p. 276
- Psammosmilia Fromentel, 1863, p. 288
- Cyrtocyathus Alloiteau, 1958, p. 193
- Ceratosmilia Alloiteau, 1957, p. 116
- Monocarya Lonsdale, 1850, p. 244
- Confluphyllia Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997, 139
- Thalamophyllia Duchassaing, 1870, p. 28
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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