Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Vacatina

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anomocora Studer, 1878
Asterosmilia Duncan, 1867
Aulocyathus Marenzeller, 1904
Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Caryophyllia Lamarck, 1801
Ceratotrochus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coenocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Coenosmilia Pourtalès, 1874
Concentrotheca Cairns, 1979
Dasmosmilia Pourtalès, 1880
Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834
Hoplangia Gosse, 1860
Leptocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Paracyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Phyllangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Polycyathus Duncan, 1876
Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884
Premocyathus Yabe & Eguchi, 1942
Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873
Tethocyathus Kühn, 1933
Thalamophyllia Duchassaing, 1870
Thecocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Trochocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cup corals sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: チョウジガイ科

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Seiblitz, I.G.L., C.F. Vaga, K.C.C. Capel, S.D. Cairns, J. Stolarski, A.M. Quattrini & M.V. Kitahara. (2022). Caryophylliids (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and mitochondrial gene order: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107565.
identification resource	Cairns, S.D. & M. Kitahara. (2012). An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. ZooKeys. 227: 1-47.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135073