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Rhizangiidae
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]

Direct child
taxa

Genus Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Genus Cladangia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1851
Genus Culicia Dana, 1846
Genus Oulangia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
Genus Platyhelia
Genus Rhizangia
Genus Angia Milne Edwards and 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 and Haime, 1848

Environment

marine

Links

To GenBank
To ITIS

Note

Description: Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is Oculinidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

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history

Date	action	by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z	created	Hoeksema, Bert

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Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2010). Rhizangiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135080 on 2010-09-09

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