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Mussidae  Ortmann, 1890
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53471

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Trochosmiliidae
 
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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  
                   SuborderFaviina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyMussidae Ortmann, 1890  
    Direct Children:  
                         GenusAcanthastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusAcanthophyllia Wells, 1937  
                         GenusAustralomussa Veron, 1985  
                         GenusBlastomussa Wells, 1968  
                         GenusCynarina Brueggemann, 1877  
                         GenusHomophyllia Brueggemann, 1877  
                         GenusIndophyllia Gerth, 1921  
                         GenusIsophyllastrea Matthai, 1928  
                         GenusIsophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851  
                         GenusLobophyllia Blainville, 1830  
                         GenusMussa Oken, 1815  
                         GenusMussismilia Ortmann, 1890  
                         GenusMycetophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                         GenusScolymia Haime, 1852  
                         GenusSymphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
       

 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: Mussidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mussidae   
       
  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: Mussidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Raymond C.   
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title: Part F: Coelenterata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology   
  Page(s): 498   
  Publisher: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press   
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  Reference for: Mussidae   
       

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