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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus)
Taxonomy
Acanthocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) by Chevalier (1961).
It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1954); to Caryophyllia by Chevalier (1961); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) by Chevalier (1961).
It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1954); to Caryophyllia by Chevalier (1961); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Subtaxa
Acanthocyathus grayi (syn. Acanthocyathus malayicus), Acanthocyathus spinosa, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) fernandesi, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus, Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus (syn. Acanthocyathus vindobonensis), Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) versicostatus
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Subg. Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Acanthocyathus grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus malayicus Gerth 1923 [synonym]
†Acanthocyathus spinosa Umbgrove 1950
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) fernandesi Tavora et al. 2002
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) laterocristatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus Reuss 1871
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss 1871 [synonym]
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) versicostatus Michelin 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available