Caryophylliidae

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

Caryophylliidae
Polycyathus muellerae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Suborder: Caryophylliina
Family: Caryophylliidae
Dana, 1846
Synonyms
  • Caryophylliinae Dana, 1846

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
  • 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
  1. Hoeksema, Bert (2018). "Caryophylliidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. 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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