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Caryophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: J u R Sepkoski's reference number: 796,ZR85]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Caryophylliinae.

It was assigned to Cnidaria by Howse (1848); to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956) and Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. (Acanthocyathus), C. (Ceratocyathus), C. (Premocyathus), C. aequalis, C. alaskensis, C. arnoldi, C. blakeleyensis, C. calcitrapa, C. californica, C. calveri, C. capayensis, C. charrieri, C. cladaxis, C. clavus, C. comanchei, C. constricta, C. crassicosta, C. dalli, C. degenerans, C. denaria, C. dentonensis, C. gracilis, C. granulosa, C. inops, C. japonica, C. konincki (syn. C. decemplex, C. phanerocosta, C. matesovae, C. mississippiensis, Cylindrocyathus popenguinensis, Cyathina debeyana, C. arcotensis, C. antonibensis, Cyathina bredae, C. andreasi, C. aegyptiaca, C. indica, Cyathina cylindrica, C. feddeni, C. compressa, Asterosmilia decapali, C. stephensoni, C. kongieli, C. danica), C. lamellifera, C. leptaxis, C. mcglameryae, C. mediavia (syn. C. agatdalensis, C. dumblei), C. neglecta, C. oregonensis, C. paucipaliata, C. pedroensis, C. pentaradiata, C. quadragintaseptae, C. salinaria (syn. Coenocyathus crassus), C. sarsiae, C. sciolzensis, C. scobinosa, C. simplex, C. sismondai, C. smithii, C. suevica, C. texana, C. truncata, C. vermicularis, C. woodmanensis, C. wynoocheensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. antillarum, C. communis, C. gajensis, C. laevigata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Caryophyllia Lamarck
1848Caryophillia Howse p. 259
1952Cylindrocyathus Alloiteau
1956Caryophyllia Wells p. F422
2002Caryophyllia Baron-Szabo p. 156
2002Caryophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801

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. Caryophyllia Lamarck 1801
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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) laterocristatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss 1871 [synonym]
Subg. †Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) Yabe and Eguchi 1942
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†Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) compressa Yabe and Eguchi 1942
†Caryophyllia aequalis Osasco 1897
Caryophyllia arnoldi Vaughan 1900
†Caryophyllia calcitrapa v. Koenen 1885
†Caryophyllia californica Vaughan 1903
†Caryophyllia capayensis Bentson 1943
†Caryophyllia charrieri Chevalier 1961
†Caryophyllia cladaxis Reuss 1871
†Caryophyllia clavus Scacchi 1835
†Caryophyllia comanchei Wells 1933
†Caryophyllia constricta Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
†Caryophyllia crassicosta Keferstein 1859
†Caryophyllia dalli Vaughan 1900
†Caryophyllia denaria Wells 1976
†Caryophyllia gracilis Keferstein 1859
†Caryophyllia granulosa de Angelis 1894
†Caryophyllia inops Reuss 1871
†Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller 1888
†Caryophyllia konincki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Asterosmilia decapali Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym], Caryophyllia aegyptiaca Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym], Caryophyllia andreasi Floris 1972 [synonym], Caryophyllia arcotensis Forbes 1846 [synonym], Caryophyllia compressa Duncan 1880 [synonym], Caryophyllia danica Nielsen 1922 [synonym], Caryophyllia decemplex de Fromentel 1863 [synonym], Caryophyllia feddeni Duncan 1880 [synonym], Caryophyllia indica Duncan 1880 [synonym], Caryophyllia kongieli Rozkowska 1955 [synonym], Caryophyllia matesovae Kuzmicheva 1975 [synonym], Caryophyllia mississippiensis Wells 1933 [synonym], Caryophyllia phanerocosta Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym], Caryophyllia stephensoni Wells 1933 [synonym], Cyathina bredae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Cyathina cylindrica Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Cyathina debeyana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Cylindrocyathus popenguinensis Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
†Caryophyllia lamellifera Moseley 1881
†Caryophyllia leptaxis Reuss 1871
†Caryophyllia mcglameryae Squires 1957
†Caryophyllia mediavia Vaughan and Popenoe 1935
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Invalid names: Caryophyllia agatdalensis Floris 1972 [synonym], Caryophyllia dumblei Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 [synonym]
†Caryophyllia neglecta de Angelis 1894
†Caryophyllia oregonensis Nomland 1917
†Caryophyllia paucipaliata Yabe and Eguchi 1932
†Caryophyllia pedroensis Vaughan 1903
†Caryophyllia pentaradiata Chevalier 1961
†Caryophyllia salinaria Reuss 1847
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Invalid names: Coenocyathus crassus Zejszner 1845 [synonym]
Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius 1974
†Caryophyllia sciolzensis Chevalier 1961
†Caryophyllia simplex Quenstedt 1881
†Caryophyllia sismondai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip 1828
†Caryophyllia suevica Quenstedt 1881
†Caryophyllia texana Vaughan 1900
†Caryophyllia truncata Reuss 1871
Invalid names: Cylindrocyathus Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available