Flabellidae
Appearance
Flabellidae | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Flabellum sp. with extended polyps at night | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Flabellidae Bourne, 1905 |
Genera | |
See text
|
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
[edit]- ^ "Flabellidae (Bourne, 1905)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan