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Retiophyllia sellae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Rhabdophyllia sellae was named by Stoppani (1865). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia sellae by Frech (1890); it was recombined as Parathecosmilia sellae by Roniewicz (1974) and Turnsek (1997); it was recombined as Retiophyllia sellae by Fantini Sestini and Motta (1984) and Roniewicz and Michalík (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Rhabdophyllia sellae Stoppani
1890Thecosmilia sellae Frech
1974Parathecosmilia sellae Roniewicz
1984Retiophyllia sellae Fantini Sestini and Motta
1997Parathecosmilia sellae Turnsek
1998Retiophyllia sellae Roniewicz and Michalík

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciessellae()

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.

Retiophyllia sellae Stoppani 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available