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Epiphyllum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae

Taxonomy
Epiphyllum is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Procyclolitidae by Chevalier and Beauvais (1987); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Epiphyllum Chevalier and Beauvais
2002Epiphyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyProcyclolitidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusEpiphyllum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 04:28:46
Modified: 2008-02-10 06:17:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available