Category: Anthozoa

Belongs within: Rugosa. The Cyathophyllidae are a family of rugose corals in which the principal septa are not clearly distinguished from the remaining radial septa. <==Cyathophyllidae [Cyathophyllina] |–RadiophyllumNS93 |–Commutatophyllum cincinnatum Kaplan 1971NS93 `–CyathophyllumF71 |–C. articulatumH04 |–C. diffusum Wrzolek 1982SP86 |–C. expansumH04 |–C. marminiH04 |–C. patula [=Entelophyllum yassense var. patulum]F71 |–C. regiumI13 |–C. retiforme Etheridge 1891F71 |–C.… Continue reading Cyathophyllidae

Belongs within: Scleractinia. The Merulinidae are an assemblage of hermatypic corals with a faviid-like but highly fused skeletal structure lacking paliform lobes (Unesco 1985). <==Merulinidae |–Scapophyllia Edwards & Haime 1858U85 | `–S. cylindrica Milne Edwards & Haime 1848M09 |–Merulina Ehrenberg 1834U85 | |–M. ampliata (Ellis & Solander 1786)M09 | |–M. scabricula Dana 1846M09 | |–M. scherri… Continue reading Merulinidae

Belongs within: Rugosa. The Lithostrotionidae are a family of colonial rugose corals known from the Upper Carboniferous and Permian. Early members of the family formed branching colonies with discrete corallites; in many later representatives, the colonies became massive with the corallites more closely integrated (Nudds 1979). The type genus Lithostrotion is typically characterised by a columella,… Continue reading Lithostrotionidae

Belongs within: Rugosa. The Pachythecaliina are a Mesozoic assemblage of corals characterised by pachytheca, distinctive thick, epithecal walls with a modular structure (Stolarski & Russo 2001). <==Pachythecaliina [Amphiastraeina, Hexactiniaria, Hexanthiniaria, Pachythecalidae, Zardinophyllidae]    |–+–Zardinophyllum Montanaro-Gallitelli 1975RS01    |  |    `–Z. zardinii Montanaro-Gallitelli 1975SR01    |  `–Pachythecalis Cuif 1975RS01    |       `–P. major Cuif 1975SR01    `–+–Pachydendron Cuif 1975RS01       |    `–P. microthallos Cuif 1975SR01       |–Pachysolenia Cuif 1975RS01       |    |–*P. cylindrica Cuif 1975RS01      … Continue reading Pachythecaliina

Belongs within: Syringoporoidea. Syringopora is a genus of tabulate corals known from the Silurian to the Carboniferous. Members of this genus have tubular corallites connected by horizontal tubes. Tabulae are closely set and may be coalesced to form a continuous axial tube. Syringopora Goldfuss 1826 [Syringoporinae]W77    |–S. auloporoidesF71    |–S. bellensis Etheridge 1898F71    |–S. dingmanaZP86    |–S. harveyiW77    |–S. mapingensisG31    |–S. multattenuataW77    |–S. novaecambrensis… Continue reading Syringopora

Belongs within: Hexacorallia.Contains: Tetradiidae, Syringoporoidea, Favositidae, Micheliniidae. The Tabulata are a Palaeozoic assemblage of colonial organisms with a calcite skeleton in which individual cells are divided by horizontal internal partitions (tabulae). <==Tabulata [Trichocorallia]    |–LichenariidaNS93    |    |–Lamottia [Lamottiidae]NS93    |    |    `–L. heroensis Raymond 1924NS93    |    `–Lichenaria [Lichenariidae]NS93    |         |–L. cloudi Bassler 1950NS93    |         |–L. prima Okulitch 1936NS93    |         `–L. typa Winchell & Schuchert 1895NS93    |–TetradiidaNS93    |    |–TetradiidaeNS93    |    |–CryptolichenariidaeNS93    |    |    |–Cryptolichenaria miranda Sokolov 1955NS93    |    |    `–Porkunites amalloides Dybowski… Continue reading Tabulata

Belongs within: Anthozoa.Contains: Cerianthidae, Zoanthidea, Rugosa, Tabulata, Halysitidae, Actiniaria, Antipatharia, Corallimorpharia, Scleractinia. The Hexacorallia are a major group of cnidarians including the stony corals, sea anemones and related taxa. Most species have hexamerous symmetry though some are octomerous or decamerous. The group is more reliably characterised by the presence of spirocysts, cnidae with a single-walled… Continue reading Hexacorallia

Belongs within: Actiniaria. The Edwardsiidae are a family of sea anemones with eight coupled mesenteries at maturity (Daly 2002). <==Edwardsiidae [Edwardsioidea]    |–MilneedwardsiinaeD02    |    |–ParaedwardsiaD02    |    |    |–P. arenaria Carlgren 1905D02    |    |    `–P. sarsii (Duben & Koren 1847)D02    |    |–EdwardsiellaD02    |    |    |–E. lineata (Verrill 1873)D02    |    |    `–+–E. carnea Gosse 1856D02    |    |       `–E. loveni (Carlgren 1893)D02    |    `–+–Drillactis pallida (Verrill 1880)D02    |       `–Nematostella Stephenson 1935D02, R22    |            |–N. polaris (Carlgren 1921)D02    |            `–N. vectensis Stephenson 1935D02    `–EdwardsiinaeD02         |–+–Edwardsianthus England 1987D02         |  |    |–E.… Continue reading Edwardsiidae