Anthophyllum

Schweigger, 1819, p. 417

Anthophyllum Schweigger, 1819, p. 417 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801, p. 370.

Type Species

Madrepora anthophyllum Esper, 1791, p. 143, pl. 24, figs. 1-5; Subsequent Designation Wells, 1986, p. 5

Type Specimen: Syntype; SMF ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Mediterranean

Type species best described by Zibrowius (1980). =Caryophyllia cyathus (Ellis and Solander, 1786)

Classification

• Family: Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

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