Flabellidae (original) (raw)
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Family of corals
| Flabellidae | |
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| Flabellum sp. with extended polyps at night | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | FlabellidaeBourne, 1905 |
| Genera | |
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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
- ^ "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