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Meandrina meandrites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora maeandrites was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pectinia maeandrites by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851); it was recombined as Meandrina maeandrites by Vaughan (1901); it was recombined as Meandrina meandrites by De Buisonjé (1974), Veron (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora maeandrites Linnaeus
1851Pectinia maeandrites Milne-Edwards and Haime
1901Meandrina maeandrites Vaughan
1974Meandrina meandrites De Buisonjé p. 222
2000Meandrina meandrites Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesmeandrites(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available