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Stereophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Stereophyllia was named by Alloiteau (1957).

It was assigned to Ellipsosmiliidae by Fischer (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Stereophyllia Alloiteau
1969Stereophyllia Fischer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderArchaeocoeniinaAlloiteau 1952
familyEllipsosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1957
genusStereophylliaAlloiteau 1957

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. †Stereophyllia Alloiteau 1957
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Stereophyllia mitroides Fischer 1969
Stereophyllia tenuiradiata Fromentel and Ferry 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available