WoRMS taxon details
Flabellidae Bourne, 1905
AphiaID: 135075
AphiaID: 135075
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Flabellum Lesson, 1831 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scleractinia | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Blastotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Falcatoflabellum Cairns, 1995 Genus Flabellum Lesson, 1831 Genus Javania Duncan, 1876 Genus Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834 Genus Placotrochides Alcock, 1902 Genus Placotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Polymyces Cairns, 1979 Genus Rhizotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Tortoflabellum Squires, 1958 † Genus Truncatoflabellum Cairns, 1989 Genus Coelocyathus Sars, accepted as Rhizotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Phyllodes accepted as Flabellum Lesson, 1831 Genus Ulocyathus Sars, 1851 accepted as Flabellum (Ulocyathus) M. Sars, 1851 Genus Vasillum Tenison-Woods, 1879 accepted as Rhizotrochus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 0-3200 m [details] Description: Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of epitheca. Related family is Caryphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Fossil range: Lower Cretaceous to Recent [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135075 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
| ||||||||||
[Taxonomic tree] [List Species] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | |||||||||||
| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Flabellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135075 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
 The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License |