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Caryophylliidae

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Caryophylliidae
Polycyathus muellerae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Suborder: Caryophylliina
Family: Caryophylliidae
Dana, 1846
Synonyms
  • Caryophylliinae Dana, 1846

The Caryophylliidae are a family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water.[1]

Genera

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Cladocora caespitosa
Heterocyathus aequicostatus

Literature

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  • S. A. Fossa and A. J. Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium, Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim, ISBN 3-928819-05-4

References

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  1. ^ Hoeksema, Bert (2018). "Caryophylliidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Stolarski, Jaroslaw; Anders Meibom; Radoslaw Przenios; Maciej Mazur (5 October 2007). "A Cretaceous Scleractinian Coral with a Calcitic Skeleton". Science. 318 (5847). USA: American Academy for the Advancement of Science: 92–94. Bibcode:2007Sci...318...92S. doi:10.1126/science.1149237. PMID 17916731. S2CID 22233075.