Lobophylliidae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Lobophylliidae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lobophyllia hemprichii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Lobophylliidae Dai & Horng, 2009 [1] |
| Genera | |
|
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Lobophylliidae is a family of large polyp stony corals. The family was created in 2009 after a revision of the "robust" families of Faviidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae and Pectiniidae, which had been shown to be polyphyletic. The family Lobophylliidae was formed out of the Indo-Pacific species that had traditionally been included in Mussidae, and some of the species which had previously formed Pectiniidae, the remaining species from Pectiniidae having been merged into Merulinidae.[2] The type genus is Lobophyllia.
.jpeg)