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Lobophyllia costata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Mussa costata was named by Duncan (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lobophyllia costata by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. japonica, L. pasottii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Mussa costata Duncan
2014Lobophyllia costata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusLobophylliaBlainville 1830
speciescostata(Duncan 1846)

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.

Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available