Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Synonym: Lophohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
Parent taxon: Caryophylliidae according to W. Kiessling 2003
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Annoticyathus, Anomocora, Antillocyathus, Asterosmilia, Aulocyathus, Axocyathus, Bourneotrochus, Caryophylliinae, Caryosmilia, Ceratotrochus, Citharocyathus, Coelosmilia, Coenocyathus, Conotrochus, Crispatotrochus, Cyathoceras, Dasmosmilia, Deltocyathus, Desmophyllinae, Discoidocyathus, Eusmiliinae, Goniocorella, Helloceras, Heterocyathus, Kraterostrobilos, Odontocyathoides, Oxysmilia, Paracyathus, Parasmiliinae, Parasmilinae, Placocyathus, Polycyathus, Solenosmilia, Thecocyathinae, Trochocyathus, Turbinoliinae, Vaughanella, Vielicyathus
Subtaxa: Lophelia parvisepta Lophelia pertusa Lophelia tubaeformis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Ireland (2), Italy (2), Maldives (2), North Atlantic (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of Indonesia (3), Ireland (2), New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Greenland (1)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.