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Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851 
AphiaID: 135080

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
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]

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 Genus Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801
Genus Cladangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Genus Culicia Dana, 1846
Genus Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Platyhelia
Genus Rhizangia

Genus Angia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Culicia Dana, 1846
Genus Coenangia Verrill, 1870 accepted as Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Ulangia accepted as Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
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Note  Description: Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is Oculinidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135080
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-12-03 12:55:38Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Rhizangiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135080 on 2013-05-22
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