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Petrophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Petrophyllia was named by Conrad (1855). It is extant.

It was reranked as Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) by Conrad (1855).

It was assigned to Dendrophyllia by Conrad (1855); and to Oculininae by Cairns (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Petrophyllia Conrad
1855Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) Conrad p. 266
1919Archohelia Vaughan
1956Archohelia Wells
1999Archohelia Squires p. 13
2001Archohelia Squires p. 5
2002Archohelia Sepkoski
2008Petrophyllia Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847
genusPetrophylliaConrad 1855

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. Petrophyllia Conrad 1855
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Petrophyllia clarki Vaughan 1927
Petrophyllia dartoni Wells 1933
Petrophyllia gardnerae Vaughan 1941
Petrophyllia limonensis Vaughan 1919
Petrophyllia rediviva Wells and Alderslade 1979
Petrophyllia remisovi Kuzmicheva 1987
Petrophyllia vernonensis Vaughan 1941
Petrophyllia weaveri Durham 1942
Invalid names: Archohelia Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available