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Cystiphylloides

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) was named by Chapman (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 422]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cystiphylloides by Merriam (1974), Hill (1981) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Mesophyllum by Chapman (1893); to Cystiphylloidae by Merriam (1974); to Cystiphyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
C. (Cladionophyllum), C. (Comanaphyllum), C. (Skoliophyllum), C. robertsense
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. caespitosum, C. conifolis, C. conifollis, C. kwangsiense, C. macrocystis, C. originale, Mesophyllum macrocystis, Mesophyllum secundum
Sister taxa
C. (Cladionophyllum), C. (Comanaphyllum), C. (Skoliophyllum)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides) Chapman
1974Cystiphylloides Merriam p. 65
1981Cystiphylloides Hill
2002Cystiphylloides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyCystiphyllidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusCystiphylloides(Chapman 1893)

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.

G. †Cystiphylloides Chapman 1893
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Subg. †Cystiphylloides (Comanaphyllum) Flügel 1961
Subg. †Cystiphylloides (Skoliophyllum) Wedekind 1937
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1974These are medium and large dendroid to phaceloid and solitary cystiphylloid Rugosa; indi- vidual corallites range from trochoid to cylindrical. The mature dissepimentarium, of medium width, is composed mostly of small- and medium-sized, rather uniformly globose dissepiments. The border between the tabularium and the dissepimentarium is rather well defined but not sharp; there is a change from small steep dissepiments to large axially inclined tabellae. The tabularium is medium wide to wide. Septa and septal spines or crests are commonly absent.