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

Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1851). Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Masson, Paris. 3: 151-189.
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	Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2016). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Rhizangiidae (nr. 80). Treatise Online, Part F, Revised. Volume 2, Chapter 10: 1-10.
additional source	Löser H, Angel Fernández-Mendiola P, Pérez-Malo J, Domínguez Pascual S, Cahuzac B. (2021). Redefinition of the family Rhizangiidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous to Recent) and description of a new genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 299(3): 259-274.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizangiidae d'Orbigny, 1851. 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:135080