Colpophyllia
| Colpophyllia Temporal range: 33.9–present Ma | |
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| C. natans colony along the northern coast of Haiti | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848[1] |
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Colpophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the Mussidae family.[1][2]
Species
The following species are currently recognized:[1][2]
- Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
- Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Other species are reported as extinct:
- Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
- Colpophyllia elegans Budd et al. 1992
- Colpophyllia eocaenica (Reuss 1864)
- Colpophyllia inaequalis (Pratz 1910)
- Colpophyllia longicollis (Reuss 1864)
- Colpophyllia meandrinoides (Michelin 1842)
- Colpophyllia mexicanum Frost and Langenheim 1974
- Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961
- Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
- Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Kuzmicheva 1987
- Colpophyllia stellata (Catullo 1856)
- Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (Vaughan 1919)
- Hydnophyllia applanata Gerth 1923
- Hydnophyllia malayica Gerth 1923
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Colpophyllia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- 1 2 "Colpophyllia". World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Retrieved 2012-09-11.
External links
Media related to Colpophyllia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Colpophyllia at Wikispecies- Colpophyllia at the Encyclopedia of Life
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