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Cycloseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Taxonomy

Cycloseris was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti R]. It is extant. Its type is Fungia cyclolites.

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

Species

Cyclastraea meltensis, C. brazzanensis, C. costulata, C. cyclolites, C. discoidea, C. distorta, C. erosa, C. escosurae (syn. Cunnolites intumescens), C. fragilis, C. hungaricus, C. lamellata, C. marginata, C. minuta, C. patelliformis, C. perezi, C. sinensis, C. somervillei, C. striata, C. vaughani

Synonyms

Diaseris was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11122]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cycloseris by Kiessling (2008).

It was assigned to Fungiidae by Hubbard (1972).
Cyclastraea was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno].

It was synonymized subjectively with Cycloseris by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Calamophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Pseudocycloseris was named by Alloiteau (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cycloseris by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1849	Diaseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1952	Cyclastraea Alloiteau
1956	Cyclastraea Wells
1956	Cycloseris Wells
1957	Pseudocycloseris Alloiteau
1972	Diaseris Hubbard
2002	Cyclastraea Sepkoski
2002	Cycloseris Sepkoski
2002	Pseudocycloseris Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
superfamily	Fungiicae	Dana 1846
family	Fungiidae	Dana 1846
genus	Cycloseris	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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. Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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†Cycloseris brazzanensis Oppenheim 1901

Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889

Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801

†Cycloseris discoidea Kossmat 1893

Cycloseris distorta Michelin 1842

Cycloseris erosa Doederlein 1901

†Cycloseris escosurae Mallada 1887

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Invalid names: Cunnolites intumescens Trautschold 1886 [synonym]

Cycloseris fragilis Alcock 1893