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Ceratophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Ceratophyllia was named by Fritsch (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Agathiphylliinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ceratophyllia Fritsch
1956Ceratophyllia Wells p. F390
2002Ceratophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
subfamilyAgathiphylliinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCeratophylliaFritsch 1878

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. †Ceratophyllia Fritsch 1878
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Ceratophyllia gigantea Gerth 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available