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Heterocorallia

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Heterocorallia Schindewolf
1981Heterocorallia Hill
2002Heterocorallia Sepkoski
2021Heterocorallia Berkowski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941

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.

Or. †Heterocorallia Schindewolf 1941
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Fm. †Heterophylliidae Dybowski 1873
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G. †Heterophyllia McCoy 1849
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Subg. †Heterophyllia (Heterophylloides) Schindewolf 1941
Heterophyllia angulata Duncan 1868
Heterophyllia ornata McCoy 1849
G. †Hexaphyllia Shtukenberg 1904
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Hexaphyllia ayzenvergi Weyer and Polyakova 1995
G. †Oligophylloides Rozkowska 1969
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Oligophylloides pachythecus Rozkowska 1969
Oligophylloides weyeri Berkowski 2002
G. †Pseudopetraia Soshkina 1951
G. †Stellaphyllia Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Berkowski et al. 2021Octocorals possessing coralla forming solitary or branching stems. Central core with parasepta dichotomously dividing adaxially from the central primary paraseptum and forming generations of parasepta. Additional tabulae-like structures may be present in central core. Wall surrounding central core composed of compact calcite layers of a heterotheca or protoheterotheca type