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Favites spinosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea spinosa was named by Klunzinger (1879). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites spinosa by Vaughan (1907).

Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2012-02-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Prionastraea spinosa Klunzinger
1907Favites spinosa Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesspinosa(Klunzinger 1879)

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.

Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available