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Syringopora bifurcata

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Syringopora bifurcata Lonsdale p. 685 figs. PI. 15 fig. 11, 11a-b
1939Syringopora bifurcata Northrop pp. 154 - 155
1987Syringopora bifurcata Young and Noble pp. 273 - 275 figs. 4.1-4.5, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familySyringoporidaeFromentel 1864
genusSyringoporaGoldfuss 1826
speciesbifurcata

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Syringopora bifurcata Lonsdale 1839
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Young and J. Noble 1987A species of Syringopora with tabularium diameter, corallite spacing, spacing of tabulae, and wall thickness as in Table 2. Contacts occur through the bending together of neighboring corallites or by thickwalled transverse stolons. Septal spines short, thick. Axial tube irregular, may appear incomplete.