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Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53540

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2000

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Phylum	Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra
	Subphylum	Anthozoa
	Class	Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia
	Subclass	Hexacorallia
	Order	Scleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores
	Suborder	Caryophylliina Vaughan and Wells, 1943
	Family	Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
	Genus	Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
		Direct Children:
	Species	Caryophyllia abrupta Cairns, 1999
	Species	Caryophyllia abyssorum Duncan, 1873
	Species	Caryophyllia alaskensis Vaughan, 1941
	Species	Caryophyllia alberti Zibrowius, 1980
	Species	Caryophyllia ambrosia Alcock, 1898 – horn coral
	Species	Caryophyllia antarctica Marenzeller, 1904
	Species	Caryophyllia antillarum De Pourtalès, 1874
	Species	Caryophyllia arnoldi Vaughan, 1900
	Species	Caryophyllia atlantica (Duncan, 1873)
	Species	Caryophyllia balaenacea Zibrowius and Gili, 1990
	Species	Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979
	Species	Caryophyllia berteriana Duchassaing, 1850
	Species	Caryophyllia calveri Duncan, 1873
	Species	Caryophyllia capensis Gardiner, 1904
	Species	Caryophyllia cincticulatus (Alcock, 1898)
	Species	Caryophyllia communis (Sequenza, 1863)
	Species	Caryophyllia cornuformis De Pourtalès, 1874 – lesser horn coral
	Species	Caryophyllia cornulum Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia corrugata Cairns, 1979
	Species	Caryophyllia crosnieri Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia cultrifera Alcock, 1902
	Species	Caryophyllia cyathus (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
	Species	Caryophyllia decamera Cairns, 1998
	Species	Caryophyllia dentata (Moseley, 1881)
	Species	Caryophyllia diomedeae Von Marenzeller, 1904
	Species	Caryophyllia eltaninae Cairns, 1982
	Species	Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891
	Species	Caryophyllia foresti Zibrowius, 1980
	Species	Caryophyllia grandis Gardiner and Waugh, 1938
	Species	Caryophyllia grayi (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848)
	Species	Caryophyllia hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
	Species	Caryophyllia horologium Cairns, 1977
	Species	Caryophyllia inornata (Duncan, 1878)
	Species	Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller, 1888
	Species	Caryophyllia jogashimaensis Eguchi, 1968
	Species	Caryophyllia karubarica Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia lamellifera Moseley, 1881
	Species	Caryophyllia mabahithi Gardiner and Waugh, 1938
	Species	Caryophyllia marmorea Cairns, 1984
	Species	Caryophyllia octonaria Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia octopali Vaughan, 1907
	Species	Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898
	Species	Caryophyllia paucipalata Moseley, 1881
	Species	Caryophyllia pauciseptata Yabe and Eguchi, 1932
	Species	Caryophyllia perculta Cairns, 1991
	Species	Caryophyllia planilamellata Dennant, 1906
	Species	Caryophyllia polygona De Pourtalès, 1878
	Species	Caryophyllia profunda Moseley, 1881
	Species	Caryophyllia quadragenaria Alcock, 1902
	Species	Caryophyllia quangdongensis Zou, 1984
	Species	Caryophyllia ralphae Cairns, 1995
	Species	Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1881
	Species	Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius, 1974
	Species	Caryophyllia scillaemorpha Alcock, 1894
	Species	Caryophyllia scobinosa Alcock, 1902
	Species	Caryophyllia secta Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia seguenzae Duncan, 1873
	Species	Caryophyllia sewelli Gardiner and Waugh, 1938
	Species	Caryophyllia smithii Stokes and Broderip, 1828
	Species	Caryophyllia solida Cairns, 1991
	Species	Caryophyllia spinicarens (Moseley, 1881)
	Species	Caryophyllia spinigera Saville-Kent, 1871
	Species	Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982
	Species	Caryophyllia stellula Cairns, 1998
	Species	Caryophyllia transversalis Moseley, 1881
	Species	Caryophyllia unicristata Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
	Species	Caryophyllia valdiviae Zibrowius and Gili, 1990
	Species	Caryophyllia zanzibarensis Zou, 1984
	Species	Caryophyllia zopyros Cairns, 1979

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Caryophyllia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wells, John W.
	Publication Date:	1986
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)
	Page(s):	69
	Publisher:	International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria
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	Reference for:	Caryophyllia

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