Caryophylliina

Belongs within: Hexacorallia.
Contains: Caryophyllioidea.

Holotype of Onchotrochus hatifnatus, from Dr H. Eliasova.

The Caryophylliina are a group of corals characterised by the possession of laminar septa that are composed of one fan of numerous, simple trabeculae (Stolarski 2000). The monophyly of this group is uncertain. Among the taxa included in the Caryophylliina are the Guyniidae, represented in the modern fauna by a single living species, Guynia annulata, distinguished from other living coralls by smooth-faced septa that are deeply recessed relative to the epithecal rim, with undifferentiated calcification centres, and an aseptate basal section of the initial ontogenetic stage (Stolarski 2000).

See also: Coral love.

<==Caryophylliina [Caryophyllida, Guynioidea]
    |--Guyniidae S00
    |    |--Guynia Duncan 1872 S00
    |    |    `--G. annulata Duncan 1872 S00
    |    |--Cyathosmilia Tenison Woods 1878 S00
    |    |    |--*C. laticostata Tenison Woods 1878 S00
    |    |    `--C. tenuicostata Tenison Woods 1878 S00
    |    |--Gillicyathus Russo 1979 S00
    |    |    `--*G. alpinus (d’Archiardi 1868) [=Lophosmilia alpina] S00
    |    |--Onchotrochus Duncan 1870 S00
    |    |    |--*O. serpentinus Duncan 1870 S00
    |    |    |--O. cartei Duncan 1870 S00
    |    |    `--O. hatifnatus Stolarski & Eliásová 1997 S00
    |    `--Pedicellocyathus Cairns 1995 S00
    |         `--*P. keyesi Cairns 1995 S00
    `--+--Volzeioidea S00
       |    |--Gardineria Vaughan 1907 [Gardineriidae] S00
       |    |    `--G. minor Well 1973 S00
       |    |--Schizocyathidae S00
       |    |    |--Schizocyathus Pourtalès 1874 S00
       |    |    |    `--*S. fissilis Pourtalès 1874 S00
       |    |    |--Microsmilia Koby 1888 S00
       |    |    |    `--*M. erguelensis (Thurmann 1851) [=Anthophyllum erguelense] S00
       |    |    |--Pourtalocyathus Cairns 1979 S00
       |    |    |    `--*P. hispidus (Pourtalès 1878) [=Ceratotrochus hispidus] S00
       |    |    `--Temnotrochus Cairns 1995 S00
       |    |         `--*T. kermadecensis Cairns 1995 S00
       |    |--Protoheterastraea Wells 1937 RS01 [=Hexastraea Volz 1896 (preoc.) RS01; Protoheterastraeidae S00]
       |    |    `--*P. leonhardi (Volz 1896) [=*Hexastraea leonhardi] RS01
       |    |--Cycliphylliidae S00
       |    |--Reimaniphylliidae S00
       |    `--Margarophylliidae S00
       `--Caryophyllioidea S00

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[RS01] Roniewicz, E., & J. Stolarski. 2001. Triassic roots of the amphiastraeid scleractinian corals. Journal of Paleontology 75 (1): 34–45.

[S00] Stolarski, J. 2000. Origin and phylogeny of Guyniidae (Scleractinia) in the light of microstructural data. Lethaia 33: 13–38.