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Echinophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Echinophyllia was named by Klunzinger (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Synonyms
  • Oxyphyllia was named by Yabe and Eguchi (1935).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Echinophyllia by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Echinophyllia Klunzinger
1935Oxyphyllia Yabe and Eguchi
1956Echinophyllia Wells
2002Echinophyllia Sepkoski
2009Echinophyllia Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusEchinophylliaKlunzinger 1879

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. Echinophyllia Klunzinger 1879
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Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786
Echinophyllia echinata Saville Kent 1871
Echinophyllia javana Umbgrove 1946
Echinophyllia robusta Gerth 1923
Echinophyllia sassellensis Budd and Bosellini 2016
Invalid names: Oxyphyllia Yabe and Eguchi 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available