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Cladophyllia dichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron dichotomum was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Cladophyllia dichotoma by Beauvais (1964) and Morycowa and Roniewicz (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron dichotomum Goldfuss
1964Cladophyllia dichotoma Beauvais
1990Cladophyllia dichotoma Morycowa and Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesdichotoma(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Cladophyllia dichotoma Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available