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Lobophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lobophyllia was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant. Its type is Lobophyllia requieni. It is the type genus of Lobophylliidae.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lobophylliidae by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Lobophyllia Blainville
2000Lobophyllia Veron p. 38
2002Lophophyllia Sepkoski
2021Lobophyllia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusLobophylliaBlainville 1830

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. Lobophyllia Blainville 1830
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Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775
Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846
Lobophyllia cylindrica Michelin 1843
Lobophyllia hataii Yabe et al. 1936
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
Lobophyllia pachysepta Chevalier 1975
Lobophyllia requieni Michelin 1841
Lobophyllia robusta Yabe and Sugiyama 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available