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Galaxea fascicularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora fascicularis was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Galaxea fascicularis by Oken (1815).

Subspecies
G. costulata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. eleganntissima, G. fasicularis, G. pauciradiata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Madrepora fascicularis Linnaeus
1815Galaxea fascicularis Oken
1975Cladocora kabiraensis Eguchi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusGalaxeaOken 1815
speciesfascicularis(Linnaeus 1767)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Cladocora kabiraensis Eguchi 1975 [synonym]
†Galaxea fascicularis costulata Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available