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Anthemiphylliidae Vaughan, 1907 
AphiaID: 196097

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 Not documented
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taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Anthemiphyllia Pourtalès, 1878
  » Species Anthemiphyllia dentata (Alcock, 1902)
» Species Anthemiphyllia frustum Cairns, 1994
» Species Anthemiphyllia macrolobata Cairns, 1999
» Species Anthemiphyllia multidentata Cairns, 1999
» Species Anthemiphyllia pacifica Vaughan, 1907
» Species Anthemiphyllia patera Pourtalès, 1878
  » Subspecies Anthemiphyllia patera costata Cairns, 1999
» Subspecies Anthemiphyllia patera patera Pourtalès, 1878
» Species Anthemiphyllia spinifera Cairns, 1999
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Link To ITIS
Note  Description: Solitary, free-living, button-like and ahermatypic; septa have well-developed teeth, other skeletal elements reduced or absent.
Related families: None. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196097
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-27 19:49:34Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-08-12 11:48:18Z  changed  db_admin
2010-12-04 01:41:22Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Anthemiphylliidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196097 on 2013-05-24
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