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

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) Lamarck, 1801

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caryophyllia*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name
*Ceratocyathus*	Seguenza, 1861	synonym
*Cyathina*	Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Children

Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) abyssorum Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) alberti Zibrowius, 1980
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ambrosia Alcock, 1898
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) atlantica (Duncan, 1873)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) calveri Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) diomedeae Marenzeller, 1904
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) foresti Zibrowius, 1980
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878)
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) sarsiae Zibrowius, 1974
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) seguenzae Duncan, 1873
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) smithii Stokes & Broderip, 1828

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
additional source	Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity. 8(1): 91-118.
additional source	Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 557: 1-150.
redescription	Cairns, S. D. (1991). A Revision of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 504; 44 pp.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir. 103: 1-210.

Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) Lamarck, 1801. 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:509666