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Neomphyma

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Neomphyma was named by Soshkina (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spongophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Kyphophyllidae by Merriam (1973); to Ptenophyllinae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Neomphyma Soshkina
1956Neomphyma Hill
1973Neomphyma Merriam p. 51
1981Neomphyma Hill
2002Neomphyma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPtenophyllinaWedekind 1927
familyPtenophyllidaeWedekind 1923
subfamilyPtenophyllinaeWedekind 1923
genusNeomphymaSoshkina 1937

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. †Neomphyma Soshkina 1937
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Neomphyma crassa Tyazheva et al. 1976
Neomphyma crawfordi Merriam 1973
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1973Solitary and fasciculate rugose corals with slender cylindrical mature corallites having a narrow peripheral stereozone, large irregular peripheral lonsdaleioid dissepiments, and a few thin nonuniform discontinuous septa, which may extend to the axis. T abularium usually narrow; tabulae very unevenly developed, either widely spaced or closely set.