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Montastraea cavernosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea cavernosa was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alpina, M. curta, M. forojuliensis, M. inaequalis, M. irradians, M. trinitatis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus
1901Orbicella braziliana Verrill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciescavernosaLinnaeus 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.

Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Orbicella braziliana Verrill 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available