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Psammocora columna

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora columna was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Coscinaraea columna by Hoffmeister (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. callosa
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2009-07-07; modified by W. Kiessling on 2021-12-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Psammocora columna Dana
1925Coscinaraea columna Hoffmeister
2014Psammocora columna Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciescolumnaDana 1846

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available