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Distichophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Distichophyllia was named by Cuif (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reimaniphylliinae by Roniewicz (1989); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Distichophylliidae by Stanley (1986), Turnsek (1997) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Distichophyllia Cuif
1986Distichophyllia Stanley, Jr.
1989Distichophyllia Roniewicz
1997Distichophyllia Turnsek
2002Distichophyllia Sepkoski
2008Distichophyllia Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusDistichophylliaCuif 1974

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. †Distichophyllia Cuif 1974
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Distichophyllia decora Deng and Zhang 1984
Distichophyllia maior Roniewicz 1995
Distichophyllia melnikovae Montanaro-Gallitelli et al. 1979
Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890
Distichophyllia tabulata Roniewicz 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available