Caryophylliidae

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

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-Edwards & 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. 318 (5847). USA: American Academy for the Advancement of Science: 92–94. Bibcode:2007Sci...318...92S. doi:10.1126/science.1149237. PMID   17916731. S2CID   22233075.