The Caryophylliidae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

stony coral Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mo ...

s found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water.

Genera

*'' Africana'' Ocana & Brito, 2015 *'' Anomocora'' Studer, 1878 *'' Asterosmilia'' Duncan, 1867 *'' Aulocyathus'' Marenzeller, 1904 *'' Bathycyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Bourneotrochus'' Wells, 1984 *'' Brachytrochus'' † Reuss, 1864 *'' Caryophyllia'' Lamarck, 1801 *'' Ceratotrochus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Coelosimilia'' † *'' Coenocyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''

Coenosmilia ''Coenosmilia'' is a genus of small corals in the Family (biology), family Caryophylliidae. Species The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus : *''Coenosmilia arbuscula'' Louis François de Pourtalès, Pour ...

'' Pourtalès, 1874 *'' Colangia'' Pourtalès, 1871 *'' Concentrotheca'' Cairns, 1979 *'' Confluphyllia'' Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997 *'' Conotrochus'' Sequenza, 1864 *'' Crispatotrochus'' Woods, 1878 *'' Dasmosmilia'' Pourtalès, 1880 *'' Dendrosmilia'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''

Desmophyllum ''Desmophyllum'' is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ''D. dianthus'' is one of the most common deepwater corals. It lives at depths reaching 2,000 meters, in cold, dark wat ...

'' Ehrenberg, 1834 *'' Discocyathus'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''

Ericiocyathus ''Ericiocyathus'' is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae The Caryophylliidae are a family (biology), family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water. Genera * ...

'' Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997 * '' Fimbriaphyllia'' Veron & Pichon, 1980 *'' Goniocorella'' Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 *'' Heterocyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Hoplangia'' Gosse, 1860 *'' Labyrinthocyathus'' Cairns, 1979 *'' Leptocyathus'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 *'' Lochmaeotrochus'' Alcock, 1902 *'' Lophosmilia'' † *'' Monohedotrochus'' Kitahara & Cairns, 2005 *'' Nomlandia'' Durham & Barnard, 1952 *'' Oxysmilia'' Duchassaing, 1870 *'' Paraconotrochus'' Cairns & Parker, 1992 *'' Paracyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Parasmilia'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Phacelocyathus'' Cairns, 1979 *'' Phyllangia'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Polycyathus'' Duncan, 1876 *'' Pourtalosmilia'' Duncan, 1884 *'' Premocyathus'' Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 *'' Rhizosmilia'' Cairns, 1978 *'' Solenosmilia'' Duncan, 1873 *'' Stephanocyathus'' Sequenza, 1864 *'' Sympodangia'' Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997 *'' Tethocyathus'' Kuhn, 1933 *'' Thalamophyllia'' Duchassaing, 1870 *'' Thecocyathus'' † Milne Edwarsd & Haime, 1848 *'' Trochocyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Trochosmilia'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Vaughanella'' Gravier, 1915

Literature

* S. A. Fossa and A. J. Nilsen: ''Coral Reef Aquarium'', Volume 4, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim,

References

Scleractinia Taxa named by James Dwight Dana Cnidarian families {{scleractinia-stub