WoRMS taxon details
Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851
AphiaID: 135080
AphiaID: 135080
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scleractinia | ||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, 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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Astrea Lamarck, 1801 Genus Cladangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Genus Culicia Dana, 1846 Genus Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Platyhelia Genus Rhizangia Genus Angia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Culicia Dana, 1846 Genus Coenangia Verrill, 1870 accepted as Astrangia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 Genus Ulangia accepted as Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Ahermatypic colonial corals reproducing from stolons. Corallites are small, with simple septa. Related family is Oculinidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135080 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Rhizangiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135080 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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