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Cystiphyllidae

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Taxonomy

Cystiphyllidae was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cystiphyllina by Hill (1956); to Rugosa by Merriam (1972); and to Cystiphyllida by Hill (1981).

Subtaxa

Asperophyllum (syn. Kymocystis), Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphylloides, Cystiphyllum (syn. Coronoruga, Cystilasma), Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Cystiphyllidae Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956	Cystiphyllidae Hill
1972	Cystiphyllidae Merriam p. 35
1981	Cystiphyllidae Hill

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Rugosa	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
order	Cystiphyllida	Nicholson 1889
family	Cystiphyllidae	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
family	Cystiphyllidae	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Cystiphyllidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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G. †Asperophyllum Spasskiy 1964

Invalid names: Kymocystis Strelnikov 1968 [synonym]

G. †Atopocystis Pedder 2004

†Atopocystis mucronata Pedder 2004

G. †Bucanophyllum Ulrich 1886

G. †Ceriocysta Zhavoronkova 1976

†Ceriocysta aculeofera Tyazheva et al. 1976

G. †Coleophyllum Hall 1883

Subfm. †Cystiphyllinae Milne Edwards and Haime 1850

G. †Lythophyllum Wedekind 1925

†Lythophyllum bermotiensis Tandon et al. 1978

†Lythophyllum proliferum Zhen 1994

Invalid names: Nardophyllum Wedekind 1925 [synonym], Patridophyllum Ulitina 1968 [synonym], Plagiophyllum Wedekind and Vollbrecht 1932 [synonym], Wedekindophyllum Stumm 1949 [synonym]

G. †Cystiphylloides Chapman 1893

Subg. †Cystiphylloides (Cladionophyllum) Stumm 1961

Subg. †Cystiphylloides (Comanaphyllum) Flügel 1961

Subg. †Cystiphylloides (Skoliophyllum) Wedekind 1937

†Cystiphylloides robertsense Stumm 1937

G. †Cystiphyllum Lonsdale 1839

Subg. †Cystiphyllum (Cruciphyllum) Lavrusevich 1976

Subg. †Cystiphyllum (Cysticonophyllum) Zaprudskaya and Ivanovskiy 1962

Subg. †Cystiphyllum (Gyalophyllum) Wedekind 1927

Subg. †Cystiphyllum (Gyaloplasma) Zhavoronkova 1976

†Gyaloplasma agglomerata Tyazheva et al. 1976

Subg. †Cystiphyllum (Hedstroemophyllum) Wedekind 1927

†Hedstroemophyllum nikiforovae Strelnikov 1971

†Cystiphyllum adrianense de Gregorio 1930

†Cystiphyllum vesiculosum Goldfuss 1826

†Cystiphyllum visbyense Wedekind 1927

Invalid names: Coronoruga Strusz 1961 [synonym], Cystilasma Zaprudskaya and Ivanovskiy 1962 [synonym]

G. †Digonoclisia Yu et al. 1974

G. †Diplochone Frech 1886

G. †Edaphophyllum Simpson 1900

G. †Holcocystis Pedder 2004

†Holcocystis flexa Stumm 1937

G. †Mackenziephyllum Pedder 1971

G. †Microplasma Dybowski 1873

†Microplasma ronense Mansuy 1913

G. †Pseudodigonophyllum Spasskiy 1960

G. †Pseudomicroplasma

G. †Zonophyllum Wedekind 1924

†Zonophyllum haguei Merriam 1974

†Zonophyllum lonense Stumm 1937

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-27 16:55:09

Modified:

2004-02-28 16:53:57

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Wordian or 439.00000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (389 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	USA (Kentucky)	Cystiphyllum granilineatum, Cystiphyllum niagarense (5676)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	Australia (Victoria)	Cystiphyllum spp. (10192) Microplasma devonica (10194)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	USA (Alaska)	Cystiphyllum sp. (100903 100904 108315 108320 108322) Cystiphyllum sp., Microplasma sp. (108326) Microplasma sp. H (108317)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Cystiphyllum sp. (25553)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	USA (California)	Cystiphyllum sp. (196171) Cystiphyllum vesiculosum (229254 229257 229258)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	USA (Oklahoma)	Cystiphyllum sp. (528)
Silurian	443.8 - 419.2	Canada (Manitoba)	Cystiphyllum sp. (26730 26733)
Llandovery	443.4 - 433.4	Australia (New South Wales)	Cystiphyllum siluriense, Cystiphyllum khantaikaense, Microplasma lovenianum, Hedstroemophyllum crebrum (25689)
Llandovery	443.4 - 433.4	Canada (Ontario)	Cystiphyllum sp. (455)
Llandovery	443.4 - 433.4	USA (Kentucky)	Cystiphyllum spinulosum (13194 13237)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Spain (Asturias)	Mesophyllum macrocystis, Mesophyllum secundum (80294) Mesophyllum secundum (80293) Mesophyllum secundum, Mesophyllum macrocystis (25433)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	USA (Indiana)	Cystiphylloides americanum (55606 55670 65999 66003 66054)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	USA (Ohio)	Cystiphylloides americanum (38450 38451 38452 38453 38454 38455 38456 38457 38458 38459 38460)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Thailand	Mesophyllum secundum (82082)
Givetian - Frasnian	387.7 - 372.2	Afghanistan (Ghazni)	Cystiphyllidae indet. (84670)
Middle Givetian	383.0 - 380.2	China	Cystiphylloides corneolum (212695)
Frasnian	382.7 - 372.2	USA (Iowa)	Cystiphyllum mundulum (40289)
Late/Upper Givetian	380.2 - 382.7	Poland	Cystiphyllum secundum (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian	380.2 - 382.4	Spain (Leon)	Mesophyllum secundum, Mesophyllum pseudoseptatum, Mesophyllum macrocystis (26849)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Italy	Cystiphyllum adrianense (233340)