Flabellidae

Family of corals

Flabellidae
"Flabellum" sp. with extended polyps at night
Flabellum sp. with extended polyps at night
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Flabellidae
Bourne, 1905
Genera
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Flabellidae is a family of marine corals. It consists of the following genera:[1]

  • Blastotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Conosmilia Duncan 1865[2]
  • Falcatoflabellum Cairns, 1995
  • Flabellum Lesson, 1831
  • Javania Duncan, 1876
  • Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Placotrochides Alcock, 1902
  • Placotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Polymyces Cairns, 1979
  • Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Tortoflabellum Squires, 1958
  • Truncatoflabellum Cairns, 1989

References

  1. ^ "Flabellidae (Bourne, 1905)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan
Taxon identifiers
Flabellidae
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