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Placophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophyllia was named by d'Orbigny (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Apti-l Sepkoski's reference number: 819]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Placophylliidae.

It was assigned to Placosmiliidae by Roniewicz (1976) and Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placophylliidae by Morycowa and Misik (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Placophyllia d'Orbigny
1976Placophyllia Roniewicz
1997Placophyllia Turnsek
2002Placophyllia Sepkoski
2005Placophyllia Morycowa and Misik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
genusPlacophylliad'Orbigny 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. †Placophyllia d'Orbigny 1848
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Placophyllia amnica Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
Placophyllia bandeli Baron-Szabo 1998
Placophyllia blastemon Eliasova 1976
Placophyllia crassa Koby 1904
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974
Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826
Placophyllia florosa Eliasova 1976
Placophyllia grata Bugrova 1997
Placophyllia mikaikarivensis Alloiteau 1958
Placophyllia minima Geyer 1955
Placophyllia rugosa Becker 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available