Epiphaxum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Helioporacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Classis: Octocorallia Ordo: Helioporacea

Familia: Lithotelestidae
Genus: Epiphaxum
Species: †E. auloporoides – E. breve – E. micropora – E. septifer

Name

Epiphaxum Lonsdale, 1850: 261

• Type species: Epiphaxum auloporoides Lonsdale, 1850 † (by monotypy)

Synonyms

• Aulopsammia Reuss, 1854 †
• Lithotelesto Bayer & Muzik, 1977
  • Type species: Lithotelesto micropora Bayer & Muzik, 1977 (by monotypy)

References

Primary references

• Lonsdale, W. 1850. Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Notes on the corals. pp. 237–324. In: Dixon F.: The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Bayer, F.M. & Muzik, K.M. 1977. An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90: 975–984. BHL Reference page.