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Caryophylliidae  Dana, 1846
Taxonomic Serial No.: 571698

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Caryophylliidae Gray, 1847
  
    Eusmiliidae
 
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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: 2001   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderCaryophylliina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyCaryophylliidae Dana, 1846  
    Direct Children:  
                         GenusAnomocora Studer, 1878  
                         GenusAsterosmilia Duncan, 1867  
                         GenusAulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904  
                         GenusBathycyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusBourneotrochus Wells, 1984  
                         GenusCaryophyllia Lamarck, 1801  
                         GenusCatalaphyllia Wells, 1971  
                         GenusCeratotrochus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusCladocora Ehrenberg, 1834  
                         GenusCoenocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusCoenosmilia De Pourtalès, 1874  
                         GenusColangia De Pourtalès, 1871  
                         GenusConcentrotheca Cairns, 1979  
                         GenusConfluphyllia Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                         GenusConotrochus Sequenza, 1864  
                         GenusCrispatotrochus Woods, 1878  
                         GenusCtenella Matthai, 1928  
                         GenusDactylotrochus Wells, 1954  
                         GenusDasmosmilia De Pourtalès, 1880  
                         GenusDeltocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusDesmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834  
                         GenusEriciocyathus Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                         GenusEuphyllia Dana, 1846  
                         GenusGoniocorella Yabe and Eguchi, 1932  
                         GenusGyrosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851  
                         GenusHeterocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusHoplangia Gosse, 1860  
                         GenusLabyrinthocyathus Cairns, 1979  
                         GenusLochmaeotrochus Alcock, 1902  
                         GenusLophelia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                         GenusMontigyra Matthai, 1928  
                         GenusNemenzophyllia Hodgson and Ross, 1982  
                         GenusNomlandia Durham and Barnard, 1952  
                         GenusOxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870  
                         GenusParaconotrochus Cairns and Parker, 1992  
                         GenusParacyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusPhacelocyathus Cairns, 1979  
                         GenusPhyllangia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusPhysogyra Quelch, 1884  
                         GenusPlerogyra Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusPolycyathus Duncan, 1876  
                         GenusPourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884  
                         GenusPremocyathus Yabe and Eguchi, 1942  
                         GenusRhizosmilia Cairns, 1978  
                         GenusSolenosmilia Duncan, 1873  
                         GenusStephanocyathus Sequenza, 1864  
                         GenusSympodangia Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                         GenusTethocyathus Kuhn, 1933  
                         GenusThalamophyllia Duchassaing, 1870  
                         GenusTrochocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusVaughanella Gravier, 1915  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns   
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Caryophylliidae    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species richness of recent Scleractinia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59   
  Page(s): 1-46   
  Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
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  Reference for: Caryophylliidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dana, James D.   
  Publication Date: 1846   
  Article/Chapter Title: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilker, U. S. N., vol VII   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoophytes, C. Sherman   
  Page(s): 7-740   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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