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Lophelia pertusa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pertusa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lophelia pertusa by Zibrowius (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora pertusa Linnaeus
1766Madrepora prolifera Pallas
1980Lophelia pertusa Zibrowius
1994Lophelia prolifera Filkorn
2008Lophelia prolifera Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusLopheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciespertusa(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Lophelia pertusa Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Lophelia prolifera Pallas 1766 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available