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Mycetophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 
AphiaID: 267606

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) > Mussinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Mussinae Ortmann, 1890
Source  basis of record: Budd, A.F., Fukami, H., Smith, N.D. & Knowlton, N. 2012. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 465–529. [details]

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 Species Mycetophyllia aliciae Wells, 1973
Species Mycetophyllia daniana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Species Mycetophyllia ferox Wells, 1973
Species Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Mycetophyllia reesi Wells, 1973
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267606
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Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2013-02-06 17:41:18Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Mycetophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267606 on 2013-06-18
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