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Circophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Circophyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Circophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Circophyllia Wells
1969Ghirobocyathus Barta-Calmus
2002Circophyllia Sepkoski
2002Ghirobocyathus Sepkoski
2008Ghirobocyathus Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
genusCircophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. †Circophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Circophyllia costata Alloiteau 1949
Circophyllia gibba Oppenheim 1901
Circophyllia hantkeni Reuss 1870
Circophyllia truncata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Ghirobocyathus lagaensis Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ghirobocyathus Barta-Calmus 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available