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Cynarina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cynarina was named by Brüggemann (1877) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11161]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Cynarina Brüggemann
1937Acanthophyllia Wells
1956Acanthophyllia Wells p. F417
1981Acanthophyllia Hill
2000Cynarina Veron p. 82
2002Acanthophyllia Sepkoski
2009Cynarina Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusCynarinaBrüggemann 1877

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. Cynarina Brüggemann 1877
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Cynarina ampla Reuss 1871
Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthophyllia deshayesiana Michelin 1850 [synonym], Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthophyllia Wells 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available