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Porites solida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora solida was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 738, Coyote Mountain, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.

It was recombined as Porites solida by Klunzinger (1879); it was recombined as Goniastrea solida by Gardiner (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora solida Forskal
1879Porites solida Klunzinger
1904Goniastrea solida Gardiner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusPoritesLink 1807
speciessolida(Forskal 1775)

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.

Porites solida Forskal 1775
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Diagnosis
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