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Fungiidae  Dana, 1846
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53108

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                   SuborderFungiina Verrill, 1865  
                      FamilyFungiidae Dana, 1846  
    Direct Children:  
                         GenusCantharellus Höksema and Best, 1984  
                         GenusCtenactis Agassiz in Verrill, 1864  
                         GenusCycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                         GenusDiaseris Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                         GenusFungia Lamarck, 1801  
                         GenusHalomitra Dana, 1846  
                         GenusHeliofungia Wells, 1966  
                         GenusHerpetoglossa Wells, 1966  
                         GenusHerpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825  
                         GenusLithophyllon Rehberg, 1892  
                         GenusParahalomitra Wells, 1937  
                         GenusPodabacia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                         GenusPolyphyllia Quoy and Gaimard in Blainville, 1830  
                         GenusSandalolitha Quelch, 1884  
                         GenusZoopilus Dana, 1846  
       

 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: Fungiidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Fungiidae   
       
  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: Fungiidae   
       
  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: Fungiidae   
       

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