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Favites chinensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea chinensis was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites chinensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2011-03-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Prionastraea chinensis Verrill
2005Favites chinensis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
specieschinensis(Verrill 1866)

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 chinensis Verrill 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available