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Gyrosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Gyrosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eusmiliinae by Wells (1956); to Meandrinidae by Veron (2000); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Gyrosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Gyrosmilia Wells
2000Gyrosmilia Veron
2012Gyrosmilia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusGyrosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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. Gyrosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Gyrosmilia diadema Umbgrove 1950
Gyrosmilia interrupta Ehrenberg 1834
Gyrosmilia varettiensis Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available