Scleractinia taxon details
Dimorphophyllia Reuss, 1864 †
1510769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1510769)
accepted
Genus
Dimorphophyllia Becker, 1875 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Reuss, A. E. (1864). Die fossilen Foraminiferen, Anthozoen, und Bryozoen von Oberburg in der Steiermark. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna der oberen Nummulitenschichten. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 23: 1-38; pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7213696 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dimorphophyllia Reuss, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510769 on 2026-07-06
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Reuss, A. E. (1864). Die fossilen Foraminiferen, Anthozoen, und Bryozoen von Oberburg in der Steiermark. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna der oberen Nummulitenschichten. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 23: 1-38; pls. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7213696 [details]
original description (of Dimorphophyllia Becker, 1875 †) Becker E, Milaschewitsch C. (1875-1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (6-8): 121-244, pls. 36-51. [details]
basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Eliášová H. (1974). Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Paléogène des Carpates externes. <em>Sborník geologických věd: Paleontologie.</em> 16: 105-156, pls. 1-8. [details]
original description (of Dimorphophyllia Becker, 1875 †) Becker E, Milaschewitsch C. (1875-1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (6-8): 121-244, pls. 36-51. [details]
basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
additional source Eliášová H. (1974). Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Paléogène des Carpates externes. <em>Sborník geologických věd: Paleontologie.</em> 16: 105-156, pls. 1-8. [details]
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Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
