Epiphaxum

Epiphaxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Anthozoa
Order:Helioporacea
Family:Lithotelestidae
Genus:Epiphaxum
Lonsdale, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977

Epiphaxum is a genus of extinct anthozoans in the family Lithotelestidae.[2]

Species

  • Epiphaxum breve Bayer, 1992[3] †
  • Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977)[4] †
  • Epiphaxum septifer Bayer, 1992[3] †

References

  1. ↑ Lonsdale, W. (1850). Notes on the corals. In Dixon, F. (Ed.), The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex (pp. 237–324). London: Brown, Green, and Longmans.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850 †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  3. 1 2 Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum. Recent and fossil. A monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1–76.
  4. ↑ Bayer, F. M. & Muzik, K. M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90(4), 975–984.


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