Flabellum (genus)

Flabellum (genus)
Temporal range: Cretaceous—Present [1]
Flabellum sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Flabellidae
Genus: Flabellum
Lesson, 1831.
Subgenus
  • Flabellum (Flabellum). Lesson, 1831
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus). M. Sars, 1851
Synonyms

Phyllodes

Flabellumis a genus of marine corals belonging to the family Flabellidae.

Fossil record

Fossils of Flabellum are found in marine strata from the Cretaceous until the Quaternary (age range: from 66.043 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are known from various localities in Europe, America and Australia.[1]

Fossil of Flabellum species

Species[2]

Subgenus Flabellum (Flabellum):

  • Flabellum (Flabellum) angustum. Yabe & Eguchi, 1942
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) arcuatile. Cairns, 1999
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) areum. Cairns, 1982
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) atlanticum. Cairns, 1979
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) australe. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) campanulatum. Holdsworth, 1862
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) chunii. Marenzeller, 1904
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) cinctutum. Cairns & Polonio, 2013
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) curvatum. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) flexuosum. Cairns, 1982
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) floridanum. Cairns, 1991
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) folkesoni. Cairns, 1998
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) gardineri. Cairns, 1982
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) impensum. Squires, 1962
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) knoxi. Ralph & Squires, 1962
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) lamellulosum. Alcock, 1902
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) magnificum. Marenzeller, 1904
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) ongulense. Eguchi, 1965
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) patens. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) pavoninum. Lesson, 1831
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) politum. Cairns, 1989
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) thouarsii. Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) transversale. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Flabellum) vaughani. Cairns, 1984

Subgenus Flabellum (Ulocyathus):

  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) alabastrum. Moseley in Thomson, 1873
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) angulare. Moseley, 1876
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) aotearoa. Squires, 1964
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) apertum. Moseley, 1876
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) conuis. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) daphnense. Durham & Barnard, 1952
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) deludens. Marenzeller, 1904
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) hoffmeisteri. Cairns & Parker, 1992
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) japonicum. Moseley, 1881
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) lowekeyesi. Squires & Ralph, 1965
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) macandrewi. Gray, 1849
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) marcus. Keller, 1974
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) marenzelleri. Cairns, 1989
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) messum. Alcock, 1902
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) moseleyi. Pourtalès, 1880
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) sexcostatum. Cairns, 1989
  • Flabellum (Ulocyathus) tuthilli. Hoffmeister, 1933

References

  1. 1 2 Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Flabellum Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135114.
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