Taxonomy Profile: Mussidae (Ortmann 1890)

Mussidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Trochosmiliidae
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mussidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Cnidaria
cnidarians |
coelenterates |
água viva |
anêmona |
caravela |
cnidario |
coral |
hidra |
cnidaires |
coelentérés |
Subphylum : Anthozoa
Class : Anthozoa
corals |
flower animals |
sea anemones |
água viva |
anêmona |
antozoário |
caravela |
corais |
gorgônia |
anémones de mer |
coraux |
Subclass : Hexacorallia
Order : Scleractinia
stony corals |
madrépores |
Suborder : Faviina
Family : Mussidae
Mussidae Direct Children(s):
Mussa
(Oken 1815)
Isophyllia
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Mycetophyllia
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Scolymia
(Haime 1852)
Mussismilia
(Ortmann 1890)
Isophyllastrea
(Matthai 1928)
Blastomussa
(Wells 1968)
Cynarina
(Brueggemann 1877)
Acanthastrea
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Lobophyllia
(Blainville 1830)
Australomussa
(Veron 1985)
Symphyllia
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
Homophyllia
(Brueggemann 1877)
Acanthophyllia
(Wells 1937)
Indophyllia
(Gerth 1921)
Mussidae: 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
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Mussidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Moore, Raymond C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1956-01-01 / 1956-01-01
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
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mussidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Cairns, Stephen D.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-08-01 / 1999-08-01
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
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mussidae
Mussidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mussidae: Comments