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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora cyathus was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant. It is the type species of Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia).

It was recombined as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus by Bayer et al. (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora cyathus Ellis and Solander
1956Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus Bayer et al. p. F422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
subgenusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
speciescyathus(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) cyathus Ellis and Solander 1786
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Diagnosis
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