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Flabellidae Bourne, 1905

135075  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135075)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Flabellidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Blastotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  2. Genus Conosmilia Duncan, 1865 †
  3. Genus Falcatoflabellum Cairns, 1995
  4. Genus Flabellum Lesson, 1831
  5. Genus Javania Duncan, 1876
  6. Genus Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834
  7. Genus Placotrochides Alcock, 1902
  8. Genus Placotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  9. Genus Polymyces Cairns, 1979
  10. Genus Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  11. Genus Tortoflabellum Squires, 1958 †
  12. Genus Truncatoflabellum Cairns, 1989
  13. Genus Biflabellum Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Genus Coelocyathus Sars, 1857 accepted as Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Flabella Duncan, 1864 accepted as Flabellum Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Heterotrochus Haime, 1857 † accepted as Monomyces Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Lithomyces Philippi, 1887 † accepted as Flabellum (Flabellum) Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Genus Phyllodes Philippi, 1841 † accepted as Flabellum (Ulocyathus) Sars, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Genus Ulocyathus Sars, 1851 accepted as Flabellum (Ulocyathus) Sars, 1851 (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  20. Genus Vasillum Tenison-Woods, 1879 accepted as Rhizotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Genus Astroites Walch, 1775 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  22. Genus Microtrochus Tenison-Woods, 1880 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Depth range 0-3200 m  
Depth range 0-3200 m [details]

Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of...  
Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of epitheca. Related family is Caryphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent  
Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellidae Bourne, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135075 on 2024-11-21
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2010-09-16 22:52:29Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2023-12-09 16:57:16Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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original description Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Diagnosis Solitary. Septal calcification centers extremely closely spaced but well separated. Thickening deposits usually in a form of scale-like deposits. Septal faces ornamented. Wall marginothecal in all ontogenetic stages, in some genera may -- in adult stages -- be developed as trabeculotheca or (Javania) septotheca. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 0-3200 m [details]

Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of epitheca. Related family is Caryphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]

Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent [details]
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