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Retiophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy

Retiophyllia was named by Cuif (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-u J Aale Sepkoski's reference number: 674,682]. It is not extant. Its type is Thecosmilia fenestrata.

It was assigned to Coryphylliidae by Beauvais (1986); to Reimaniphylliinae by Roniewicz (1989); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Distichophylliidae by Turnsek (1997) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008); and to Reimaniphylliidae by Stanley and Senowbari-Daryan (1999), Roniewicz and Stanley (2013) and Stanley and Onoue (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

R. ahraboutensis, R. major, R. opelli, R. quesneliana, R. selamenensis, R. seranica, R. wanneri

Synonyms

Archaeophyllia was named by Beauvais (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr u Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Retiophyllia by Kiessling (2008).

It was assigned to Meandriidae by Beauvais (1972); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Paradistichophyllum was named by Melnikova (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 835]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Retiophyllia by Kiessling (2014).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Distichophylliidae by Shepherd et al. (2012).
Parathecosmilia was named by Roniewicz (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Rhae J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 658,674,682]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Retiophyllia by Roniewicz and Michalík (1998).

It was assigned to Coryphylliidae by Beauvais (1986); to Distichophylliidae by Turnsek (1997); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Retiophyllia Cuif pp. 130-131
1972	Archaeophyllia Beauvais
1974	Parathecosmilia Roniewicz
1975	Paradistichophyllum Melnikova
1986	Parathecosmilia Beauvais
1986	Retiophyllia Beauvais
1989	Retiophyllia Roniewicz
1997	Parathecosmilia Turnsek
1997	Retiophyllia Turnsek
1999	Retiophyllia Stanley, Jr. and Senowbari-Daryan p. 794
2002	Archaeophyllia Sepkoski
2002	Paradistichophyllum Sepkoski
2002	Parathecosmilia Sepkoski
2002	Retiophyllia Sepkoski
2008	Retiophyllia Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.
2012	Paradistichophyllum Shepherd et al. p. 807
2013	Retiophyllia Roniewicz and Stanley p. 950
2015	Retiophyllia Stanley and Onoue p. 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Distichophylliina	Beauvais 1980
family	Reimaniphylliidae	Melnikova 1975
genus	Retiophyllia	Cuif 1966

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. †Retiophyllia Cuif 1966

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†Retiophyllia aksuensis Melnikova 2001

†Retiophyllia alfurica Wilckens 1937

†Retiophyllia aranea Roniewicz 2011

†Retiophyllia caespitosa Reuss 1864

†Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853

Invalid names: Calamophyllia suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 [synonym], Retiophyllia paraclathrata Roniewicz 1974 [synonym], Thecosmilia wrangelliana Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. 1979 [synonym]

†Retiophyllia dawsoni Clapp and Shimer 1911

†Retiophyllia defilippi Stoppani 1865

†Retiophyllia delicata Deng and Zhang 1984

†Retiophyllia delicatula Frech 1890

†Retiophyllia dendriformis Caruthers and Stanley , Jr. 2008

†Retiophyllia dichotoma Melnikova 1975

†Retiophyllia eguchii Kanmera 1964

†Retiophyllia fenestrata Reuss 1854

†Retiophyllia frechi Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia gephyrophora Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia gosaviensis Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia gracilis Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia langobardica Stoppani 1857

†Retiophyllia mailonggangensis Xia and Liao 1986

†Retiophyllia multiramis Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia nevadae Roniewicz and Stanley 2013

†Retiophyllia norica Frech 1890

†Retiophyllia obtusa Caruthers and Stanley , Jr. 2008

†Retiophyllia oppeli Reuss 1864

†Retiophyllia parviseptum Squires 1956

†Retiophyllia pascoensis Stanley, Jr. 1994

†Retiophyllia robusta Roniewicz 1989

†Retiophyllia sellae Stoppani 1865

†Retiophyllia tenuicosta Reuss 1854

†Retiophyllia tolminensis Turnsek et al. 1987

†Retiophyllia tosaensis Stanley and Onoue 2015

†Retiophyllia vesicularis Roniewicz 2011

†Retiophyllia wasabidaniensis Oguchi and Yamagiwa 1978

Invalid names: Archaeophyllia Beauvais 1972 [objective synonym], Paradistichophyllum Melnikova 1975 [synonym], Parathecosmilia Roniewicz 1974 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available