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Dichocoenia anomalos

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Favioseris anomalos was named by Wells (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica. It is the type species of Favioseris.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea anomalos by Löser (2000); it was recombined as Dichocoenia anomalos by Baron-Szabo (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Favioseris anomalos Wells
2000Ovalastrea anomalos Löser
2002Dichocoenia anomalos Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusDichocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesanomalos()

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Dichocoenia anomalos Wells 1934
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Diagnosis
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