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Rhizophyllum

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Rhizophyllum Lindström
1956Rhizophyllum Hill
1973Rhizophyllum Merriam p. 46
1981Rhizophyllum Hill
2002Rhizophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyGoniophyllidaeDybowski 1873
genusRhizophyllumLindström 1866

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. †Rhizophyllum Lindström 1866
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Rhizophyllum bohemicum Pocta 1902
Rhizophyllum compositum Tyazheva et al. 1976
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1973Calceoloid rugose corals with operculum; interior occupied by cystiphylloid dissepiments and tabellae. Septa short and limited to flat side; counter septum commonly longer and more prominent. Radicifonn processes occasionally present.