Epiphaxum

Epiphaxum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Aulopsammiidae
Genus:
Lonsdale, 1850[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977

Epiphaxum is a genus of anthozoans in the family Aulopsammiidae.[2]

Species

  • Epiphaxum breve Bayer, 1992[3]
  • Epiphaxum micropora (Bayer & Muzik, 1977)[4]
  • Epiphaxum septifer Bayer, 1992[3]

References

  1. ^ Lonsdale, W. (1850). Notes on the corals. In Dixon, F. (Ed.), The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex (pp. 237โ€“324). London: Brown, Green, and Longmans.
  2. ^ WoRMS. "Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b Bayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum. Recent and fossil. A monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1โ€“76.
  4. ^ Bayer, F. M. & Muzik, K. M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90(4), 975โ€“984.