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Cyathophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllia was named by Fromentel (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale K Berr-u Sepkoski's reference number: 846,848]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Montlivaltia by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Kiessling (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cyathophyllia Fromentel
2002Cyathophyllia Sepkoski
2008Cyathophyllia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusCyathophylliaFromentel 1865

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. †Cyathophyllia Fromentel 1865
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Cyathophyllia cretacaea Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available