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Coryphyllia elliptica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Cuifia elliptica was named by Melnikova (1975). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Coryphyllia elliptica by Roniewicz (1989) and Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Cuifia elliptica Melnikova
1989Coryphyllia elliptica Roniewicz
1994Coryphyllia elliptica Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyCoryphylliinaeBeauvais 1981
genusCoryphylliaCuif 1974
specieselliptica(Melnikova 1975)

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.

Coryphyllia elliptica Melnikova 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available