WoRMS taxon details
Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841
AphiaID: 267863
AphiaID: 267863
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Micrabaciidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Fungia elegans Bronn, 1837 † (type by original designation) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Micrabaciidae Vaughan, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson (2010). Corallosphere, available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smith. Cont. Zool. 615: 75 pp., 14 pls., 3 figs. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smith. Cont. Zool. 486: 136 pp., 42 pls., 3 figs. [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Stephanophyllia complicata Moseley, 1876 Species Stephanophyllia elegans (Bronn, 1837) † Species Stephanophyllia fungulus Alcock, 1902 Species Stephanophyllia neglecta Boschma, 1923 Species Stephanophyllia folliculus Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Peponocyathus folliculus (Pourtalès, 1868) Species Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1876 accepted as Letepsammia formosissima (Moseley, 1876) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 15-700 m [details] Fossil range: Miocene to Recent [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267863 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267863 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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