Cystiphylloides Chapman 1893 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Alternative spelling: Mesophyllum (Cystiphylloides)

Parent taxon: Cystiphyllidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Merriam 1974 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asperophyllum, Atopocystis, Bucanophyllum, Ceriocysta, Coleophyllum, Cystiphyllinae, Cystiphyllum, Digonoclisia, Diplochone, Edaphophyllum, Holcocystis, Mackenziephyllum, Microplasma, Pseudodigonophyllum, Pseudomicroplasma, Zonophyllum

Subtaxa: Cystiphylloides (Cladionophyllum) Cystiphylloides (Comanaphyllum) Cystiphylloides (Skoliophyllum) Cystiphylloides robertsense

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections), Belgium (7), Canada (10: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (4), the Czech Republic (4), Germany (10), Kazakhstan (4), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (14), Thailand (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (60: Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio), Vietnam (2)

• Silurian of United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 136 collections including 181 occurrences

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