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Echinopora lamellosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora lamellosa was named by Esper (1795). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Echinopora lamellosa by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. gracilis, E. hilarionensis, E. maxima, E. oligophylla, E. tchihatcheffi
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2009-07-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Madrepora lamellosa Esper
1914Echinopora lamellosa Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816
specieslamellosa(Esper 1795)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available