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Dendrophylliidae  Gray, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53772

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2001   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderDendrophylliina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyDendrophylliidae Gray, 1847  
    Direct Children:  
                         GenusAstroides Quoy and Gaimard, 1827  
                         GenusBalanophyllia Wood, 1844  
                         GenusBathypsammia Marenzeller, 1906  
                         GenusCladopsammia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897  
                         GenusDendrophyllia Blainville, 1830  
                         GenusDichopsammia Song, 1994  
                         GenusDuncanopsammia Wells, 1936  
                         GenusEguchipsammia Cairns, 1994  
                         GenusEnallopsammia Michelotti in Sismonda, 1871  
                         GenusEndopachys Lonsdale, 1845  
                         GenusEndopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusHeteropsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusLeptopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusNotophyllia Dennant, 1899  
                         GenusPsammoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851  
                         GenusRhizopsammia Verrill, 1870  
                         GenusThecopsammia De Pourtalès, 1868  
                         GenusTrochopsammia De Pourtalès, 1878  
                         GenusTubastraea Lesson, 1829  
                         GenusTurbinaria Oken, 1815  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns   
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Dendrophylliidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Dendrophylliidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Species richness of recent Scleractinia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59   
  Page(s): 1-46   
  Publisher: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
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  Reference for: Dendrophylliidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kuhlmann, Dietrich H. H.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Living coral reefs of the world.   
  Page(s): 185   
  Publisher: Arco Publishing, Inc.   
  Publication Place: New York, NY   
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  Reference for: Dendrophylliidae   
       

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