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Diploctenium lunatum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora lunata was named by Bruguiere (1792). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Diploctenium lunatum by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) and Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Madrepora lunata Bruguiere
1849Diploctenium lunatum Milne-Edwards and Haime
2006Diploctenium lunatum Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDiplocteniumGoldfuss 1827
specieslunatum(Bruguiere 1792)

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.

†Diploctenium lunatum Bruguiere 1792
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available