Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Familia: Caryophylliidae
Genus: Caryophyllia
Species: C. ambrosia – C. cyathus – C. cylindrica – C. inornata – C. paradoxus – C. smithii
Name
Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
References
Links
Caryophyllia in the World Register of Marine Species
Caryophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to 2,670 metres (8,760 ft).[1]
Subgenera
The genus has two subgenera and the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species:-[1]
Subgenus Acanthocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Caryophyllia decamera Cairns, 1998
Caryophyllia dentata (Moseley, 1881)
Caryophyllia grayi (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Caryophyllia karubarica Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia quangdongensis Zou, 1984
Caryophyllia spinicarens (Moseley, 1881)
Caryophyllia spinigera (Saville-Kent, 1871)
Caryophyllia unicristata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia zanzibarensis Zou, 1984
Subgenus Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
Caryophyllia abrupta Cairns, 1999
Caryophyllia abyssorum Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia alaskensis Vaughan, 1941
Caryophylliax alberti Zibrowius, 1980
Caryophyllia ambrosia Alcock, 1898
Caryophyllia antarctica Marenzeller, 1904
Caryophyllia antillarum Pourtalès, 1874
Caryophyllia arnoldi Vaughan, 1900
Caryophyllia aspera Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia atlantica (Duncan, 1873)
Caryophyllia balanacea Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
Caryophyllia barbadensis Cairns, 1979
Caryophyllia berteriana Duchassaing, 1850
Caryophyllia calveri Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia cintinculata (Alcock, 1898)
Caryophyllia concreta Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia conferta Dana, 1846
Caryophyllia cornulum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia corona Duchassaing, 1870
Caryophyllia coronula Cairns & Polonio, 2013
Caryophyllia corrugata Cairns, 1979
Caryophyllia crosnieri Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia crypta Cairns, 2000
Caryophyllia cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Caryophyllia diomedeae Marenzeller, 1904
Caryophyllia eltaninae Cairns, 1982
Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891
Caryophyllia foresti Zibrowius, 1980
Caryophyllia grandis Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
Caryophyllia hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907
Caryophyllia horologium Cairns, 1977
Caryophyllia huinayensis Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005
Caryophyllia inornata (Duncan, 1878)
Caryophyllia japonica Marenzeller, 1888
Caryophyllia jogashimaensis Eguchi, 1968
Caryophyllia kellerae Cairns & Polonio, 2013
Caryophyllia laevigata Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia lamellifera Moseley, 1881
Caryophyllia mabahithi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
Caryophyllia marmorea Cairns, 1984
Caryophyllia oblonga Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia octonaria Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia octopali Vaughan, 1907
Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898
Caryophyllia paucipalata Moseley, 1881
Caryophyllia perculta Cairns, 1991
Caryophyllia planilamellata Dennant, 1906
Caryophyllia polygona Pourtalès, 1878
Caryophyllia profunda Moseley, 1881
Caryophyllia protei Duchassaing, 1870
Caryophyllia quadragenaria Alcock, 1902
Caryophyllia ralphae Cairns, 1995
Caryophyllia rugosa Moseley, 1881
Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius, 1974
Caryophyllia scobinosa Alcock, 1902
Caryophyllia secta Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
Caryophyllia seguenzae Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia sewelli Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
Caryophyllia smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828
Caryophyllia solida Cairns, 1991
Caryophyllia squiresi Cairns, 1982
Caryophyllia stellula Cairns, 1998
Caryophyllia tangaroae Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia transversalis Moseley, 1881
Caryophyllia valdiviae Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
Caryophyllia versicolorata Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
Caryophyllia zopyros Cairns, 1979
Unallocated species in the genus include:
Caryophyllia arcuata † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Caryophyllia paucipaliata † Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
†Caryophyllia viola Duncan, 1864
References
Cairns, Stephen (2014). "Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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