RAMS taxon details
Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
135073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135073)
accepted
Family
- Genus Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
- Genus Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834
- Genus Paraconotrochus Cairns & Parker, 1992
- Genus Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873
- Genus Carophyllia Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Lophelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135073 on 2026-09-07
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/rAMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135073 on 2026-09-07
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Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107565., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107565 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cairns, S.D. & M. Kitahara. (2012). An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 227: 1-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 175: 107565., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107565 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Cairns, S.D. & M. Kitahara. (2012). An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 227: 1-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
