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Dendrophylliina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Dendrophylliina was named by Vaughan and Wells (1943). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Morsch (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Dendrophylliina Vaughan and Wells
1996Dendrophylliina Morsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943

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.

Subor. Dendrophylliina Vaughan and Wells 1943
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Fm. Dendrophylliidae Gray 1847
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G. †Aplopsammia Alloiteau 1958
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Aplopsammia collignoni Alloiteau 1958
G. †Areopsammia Dietrich 1917
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Areopsammia alacca Morren 1828
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Invalid names: Areopsammia maestrichtensis Dietrich 1917 [synonym]
Areopsammia bakerae Wells 1933
Invalid names: Paracyclolites Wells 1933 [synonym]
G. Astroides Quoy and Gaimard 1827
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G. Balanophyllia Wood 1844
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Balanophyllia acostae Jell et al. 2011
Balanophyllia alta Tenison-Woods 1880
Balanophyllia annularis Vaughan 1900
Balanophyllia basedowi Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia bavarica Kühn 1965
Balanophyllia besairiei Alloiteau 1958
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Invalid names: Eupsammia lehmani Alloiteau and Tissier 1958 [synonym]
Balanophyllia cauliculata Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848
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Invalid names: Balanophyllia ladakhensis Pal et al. 1984 [synonym], Balanophyllia santaelenensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974 [synonym], Balanophyllia schlosseri Traub 1938 [synonym], Eupsammia collignoni Alloiteau 1951 [synonym], Eupsammia narindensis Alloiteau 1936 [synonym], Eupsammia pozaryskii Rozkowska 1955 [synonym], Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]
Balanophyllia compressa Sismonda 1871
Balanophyllia concinna Reuss 1871
Balanophyllia conica Osasco 1897
Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Balanophyllia cumingii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Balanophyllia elongata Vaughan 1900
Balanophyllia fossata Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia fulleri Durham 1942
Balanophyllia gigas v.d. Horst 1922
Balanophyllia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Balanophyllia hectori Tenison-Woods 1880
Balanophyllia inauris Vaughan 1900
Balanophyllia induta Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia irregularis Seguenza 1864
Balanophyllia italica Michelin 1841
Balanophyllia nonaradiata Chevalier 1962
Balanophyllia patera Montanaro 1933
Balanophyllia patula Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan 1900
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Invalid names: Balanophyllia traubi Kühn and Traub 1967 [synonym]
Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838
Balanophyllia redivivus Moseley 1881
Balanophyllia rovasendai Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Balanophyllia salpynx Squires 1958
Balanophyllia soloensis Osberger 1955
Balanophyllia striatissima Sismonda 1871
Balanophyllia teglandae Durham 1942
Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius 1980
Balanophyllia torta Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia truncata Dennant 1904
Balanophyllia variabilis Nomland 1916
Balanophyllia varians Reuss 1854
Invalid names: Ceratopsammia Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Eupsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Rhodopsammia Semper 1872 [synonym]
G. Bathypsammia Marenzeller 1907
G. †Blastozopsammia Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2004
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Blastozopsammia guerreroterion Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2004
G. †Cahuzacopsammia Chaix 1999
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G. †Cairnsipsammia Baron-Szabo 2015
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Cairnsipsammia merbeleri aron-Szabo 2015
G. †Calostylopsis Alloiteau 1958
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Calostylopsis sakalavensis Alloiteau 1958
G. Dendrophyllia Blainville 1830
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Dendrophyllia amica Michelotti 1838
Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst 1926
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899
Dendrophyllia cladocoracea Michelotti 1871
Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Dendrophyllia weselovi Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym]
Dendrophyllia dudleyi Hanna 1927
Dendrophyllia epithecata Duncan 1875
Dendrophyllia globulina Michelotti 1871
Dendrophyllia guidottii Simonelli 1897
Dendrophyllia hannibali Nomland 1916
Dendrophyllia koiwaii Yabe and Eguchi 1944
Dendrophyllia lisbonensis Vaughan 1900
Dendrophyllia longaeva Sismonda 1871
Dendrophyllia multigemmata Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Dendrophyllia nodosa Reuss 1864
Dendrophyllia oldroydi Faustino 1931
Dendrophyllia oroseiensis Chevalier 1961
Dendrophyllia pahiensis Squires 1962
Dendrophyllia paroniana Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
Dendrophyllia peruviana Vaughan 1922
Dendrophyllia striata Vaughan 1900
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Dendrophyllia tejonensis Nomland 1916
Dendrophyllia trifurcata Sismonda 1871
G. Dichopsammia Song 1994
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Dichopsammia gozdensis Turnsek et al. 2003
G. Duncanopsammia Wells 1936
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Duncanopsammia axifuga Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
G. Eguchipsammia Cairns 1994
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Eguchipsammia cornucopia Pourtales 1871
G. Enallopsammia Michelotti 1871
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Enallopsammia laddi Wells 1976
Enallopsammia scillae Seguenza 1864
G. Endopachys Lonsdale 1845
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Endopachys alticostatum Conrad 1856
Endopachys claibornensis Vaughan 1900
Endopachys expansum Conrad 1856
Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Endopachys japonicum Yabe and Eguchi 1932 [synonym]
Endopachys lonsdalei Vaughan 1900
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833
Endopachys minutum Vaughan 1900
Endopachys tampae Wells 1975
Endopachys triangulare Conrad 1856
Invalid names: Rhectopsammia Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
G. †Endopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
G. Heteropsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Heteropsammia cochlea Spengler 1781
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Invalid names: Heteropsammia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Heteropsammia ovalis Semper 1872 [synonym]
G. †Lamellophyllia Chevalier 1961
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Lamellophyllia alloiteaui Chevalier 1961
G. Leptopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [cup coral]
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Leptopsammia zbyszewskii Chevalier 1964
G. †Lobopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Lobopsammia cariosa Goldfuss 1827
G. †Makridinophyllia Kuzmicheva 1987
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Makridinophyllia makridini Kuzmicheva 1987
G. Notophyllia Dennant 1899
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Notophyllia aperta Dennant 1899
Notophyllia gracilis Dennant 1899
Notophyllia semivestita Dennant 1899
G. †Paleoastroides Chevalier 1961
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Paleoastroides dehmi Kühn 1965
Paleoastroides provincialis Chevalier 1961
G. †Reussopsammia Wells 1937
G. †Rhabdopsammia Alloiteau 1952
G. Rhizopsammia Verril 1869
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Rhizopsammia arnoldi Durham 1941
G. †Stereopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
G. †Stichopsammia Felix 1885
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Stichopsammia vokesi Blake 1968
G. Thecopsammia Pourtales 1868
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Thecopsammia cylindrica Kuzmicheva 1987
G. Tubastraea Lesson 1829
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Tubastraea coccinea Lesson 1829
Tubastraea nomlandi Durham 1942
G. Turbinaria Oken 1815
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Turbinaria crater Pallas 1766
Turbinaria cyathiformis de Blainville 1830
Turbinaria durhami Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
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Invalid names: Turbinaria contorta Bernard 1896 [synonym], Turbinaria danae Bernard 1896 [synonym]
Turbinaria grandis Chevalier 1961
Turbinaria jacksoni Bromfield 2013
Turbinaria radicalis Bernard 1896
Turbinaria reniformis Bernard 1896
Turbinaria sitaensis Duncan 1880
Turbinaria stellulata Lamarck 1816
Turbinaria tenuis Marenzeller 1908
Invalid names: Turbinacis Quenstedt 1880 [synonym]
G. †Wadeopsammia Wells 1933
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Wadeopsammia nodosa Wade 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 189.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 183.0 Ma

Collections (589 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia Apocladophyllia gozdensis (87254)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Cairnsipsammia merbeleri (221476)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Aplopsammia collignoni, Calostylopsis sakalavensis (86497)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Blastozopsammia guerreroterion (85295)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Paracyclolites bakerae (123261 123263)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Ukraine Aplopsammia collignoni (77087)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Balanophyllia sp. (74895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) Rhabdopsammia sp. (25479)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Balanophyllia ladakhensis, Balanophyllia varians (87602)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Xizang) Dendrophyllia sp. (74287)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Trochosmilia nodosa (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Oman Eupsammia narindensis (67455)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Madagascar (Toliara) Ceratopsammia besairiei (86519)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Dendrophyllia nodosa (12766 206410)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Dendrophyllia sp. (27650)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Eupsammia narindensis (86517) Eupsammia narindensis, Eupsammia collignoni (86511) Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis (86512)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Wadeopsammia nodosa (123365)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Areopsammia alacca (85268 85270 85273) Areopsammia alacca, Galaxea fasciculata (85272)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Balanophyllia acostae (123004)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia Dendrophyllia candelabrum (79270 79271 79278 79279 79280 79283) Dendrophyllia candelabrum, Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides (79272 79273 79277) Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides (79274)