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Stylophyllopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Stylophyllopsis was named by Frech (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 183,919]. It is not extant. Its type is Stylophyllopsis polyactis.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stylophyllidae by Roniewicz and Michalík (1998) and Stolarski and Russo (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Stylophyllopsis Frech
1998Stylophyllopsis Roniewicz and Michalík p. 395
2002Stylophyllopsis Sepkoski
2002Stylophyllopsis Stolarski and Russo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyStylophyllidaeVolz 1896
genusStylophyllopsis

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. †Stylophyllopsis Frech 1890
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Stylophyllopsis bobrovensis Roniewicz and Michalík 1998
Stylophyllopsis brevis Duncan 1867
Stylophyllopsis gracilis Stanley, Jr. 1994
Stylophyllopsis media Roniewicz 1974
Stylophyllopsis ramosa Qi and Stanley 1989
Stylophyllopsis rudis Emmrich 1853
Stylophyllopsis walliae Duncan 1867
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Stolarski and A. Russo 2002Solitary or phaceloid stylophyllid with cylindrical or trochoid coralla. Septal spines embedded in stereome and form compact septa; spines on septal axial edge dissociated.