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Scleractinia taxon details

Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851

135080  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135080)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Rhizangiidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Siderastraeidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Arctangia Wells, 1937 †
  2. Genus Astraeofungia Alloiteau, 1952 †
  3. Genus Axophyllia Dainelli, 1915 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  4. Genus Bathangia Keferstein, 1859 †
  5. Genus Cladangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
  6. Genus Cryptangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  7. Genus Culicia Dana, 1846
  8. Genus Diplothecangia Chevalier, 1963 †
  9. Genus Eosiderastrea Löser, 2016 †
  10. Genus Hindeastraea White, 1888 †
  11. Genus Latohelia Löser, 1987 †
  12. Genus Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  13. Genus Palaeosiderofungia Löser, 2016 †
  14. Genus Phacellastraea Liao, 1982 †
  15. Genus Pironastraea d'Achiardi, 1875 †
  16. Genus Platyhelia Tenison-Woods, 1880 †
  17. Genus Plesiosiderastraea Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 †
  18. Genus Pseudosiderastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
  19. Genus Reussangia Wells, 1937 †
  20. Genus Rhizangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  21. Genus Sclerangia Baron-Szabo & Cairns, 2015 †
  22. Genus Septastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 †
  23. Genus Siderastrea Blainville, 1830
  24. Genus Siderastreites Roniewicz, 2008 †
  25. Genus Siderocoenia Beauvais, 1982 †
  26. Genus Siderofungia Reis, 1889 †
  27. Genus Siderohelia Löser, 2021 †
  28. Genus Sideroseris Wells, 1945 †
  29. Genus Sideroseris L. Beauvais, 1964 †
  30. Genus Siderosmilia L. Beauvais, 1986 †
  31. Genus Stephanomorpha Vaughan, 1900 †
  32. Genus Symbiangia Wells, 1972 †
  33. Genus Synhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 †
  34. Genus Angia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Culicia Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Genus Coenangia Verrill, 1870 accepted as Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Genus Culitia Dana, 1846 accepted as Culicia Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  37. Genus Cylicia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Culicia Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Genus Glyphastraea Duncan, 1887 † accepted as Septastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Gombertangia Oppenheim, 1899 † accepted as Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Genus Hexastraea Bellardi, 1871 † accepted as Septastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Hindesastraea White, 1888 † accepted as Hindeastraea White, 1888 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  42. Genus Koilomorpha Alloiteau, 1952 † accepted as Pironastraea d'Achiardi, 1875 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Genus Septastraea d'Orbigny, 1849 † accepted as Septastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  44. Genus Siderastraea Blainville, 1830 accepted as Siderastrea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  45. Genus Siderina Dana, 1846 accepted as Siderastrea Blainville, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Genus Ulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  47. Genus Maeandroseris Rousseau, 1854 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1851). Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Masson, Paris. 3: 151-189. [details] 
Description Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is...  
Description Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is Oculinidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135080 on 2025-04-15
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hoeksema, Bert
2010-12-03 12:55:38Z
changed
Cairns, Stephen
2021-12-05 22:33:35Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2023-12-09 16:57:16Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

original description Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1851). Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Masson, Paris. 3: 151-189. [details] 

original description (of Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943) Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America. 44: 1-363. [details] 

original description (of Siderastraeidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943) Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. Special Papers of the Geological Society of America. 44: 1-363. [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2016). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Rhizangiidae (nr. 80). Treatise Online, Part F, Revised. Volume 2, Chapter 10: 1-10. [details] 

additional source Löser H, Angel Fernández-Mendiola P, Pérez-Malo J, Domínguez Pascual S, Cahuzac B. (2021). Redefinition of the family Rhizangiidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous to Recent) and description of a new genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 299(3): 259-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2021/0968 [details] 
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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Diagnosis Corallum usually colonial, forming colonies by extratentacular budding from stolon-like expansions from edge zone; azooxanthellate, but primarily shallow-water; septa laminar, composed on one fan system of simple or compound trabeculae resulting in a slightly dentate axial edges; theca septothecal or epithecal; endothecal dissepiments present; synapticular absent; columella present or absent. (=Astrangiidae) [details]

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Description Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is Oculinidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese ニセヤスリサンゴ科 [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhizangiidae) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Siderastreidae) (from synonym Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Siderastreidae Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
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