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Lophosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lophosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1941); to Caryophylliinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1941Lophosmilia Wells p. 313
1956Lophosmilia Wells
2002Lophosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusLophosmiliaMilne-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. Lophosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Lophosmilia yabei Wells 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available