Flabellidae

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
Flabellum sp. with extended polyps at night
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Flabellidae
Bourne, 1905
Genera
See text

References
  1. "Flabellidae (Bourne, 1905)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan


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