Marine Species Traits - Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855

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Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855

AphiaID

267726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267726)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Oculinidae Gray, 1847

Original name

Dendrophyllia (Petrophyllia) Conrad, 1855 †

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Species Petrophyllia arkansensis (Conrad, 1855) †
Species Petrophyllia barbadiana (Wells, 1945) †
Species Petrophyllia crassiseptata Umbgrove, 1943 †
Species Petrophyllia gardnerae (Vaughan, 1941) †
Species Petrophyllia niimiensis Niko, Suzuki & Taguchi, 2017 †
Species Petrophyllia rediviva (Wells & Alderslade, 1979)
Species Petrophyllia vernonensis (Vaughan, 1941) †
Species Petrophyllia arkansasensis Conrad, 1855 † accepted as Petrophyllia arkansensis (Conrad, 1855) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Conrad, T. A. (1855). Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, &c. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7(7): 265–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299488 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267726 on 2026-08-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Petrophyllia Conrad, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267726 on 2026-08-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-08 12:59:53Z

checked

Cairns, Stephen

2019-05-21 13:53:54Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2020-08-20 15:51:12Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-22 11:26:26Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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original description (of ) Conrad, T. A. (1855). Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, &c. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7(7): 265–268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299488 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

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