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Dendrophyllia californiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia californiana was named by Nomland (1917). It is not extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dendrophyllia californiana Nomland
1918Dendrophyllia californiana Clark p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDendrophylliaBlainville 1830
speciescaliforniana

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available