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Orbignygyra tenella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Taxonomy
Meandrina tenella was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Meandroria tenella by Beauvais (1982); it was recombined as Orbignygyra tenella by Baron-Szabo (2002) and Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Meandrina tenella Goldfuss
1921Diploria meridionalis Vidal
1952Diplothecophyllia basseae Alloiteau
1982Meandroria tenella Beauvais
2002Orbignygyra tenella Baron-Szabo
2006Orbignygyra tenella Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyRhipidogyridaeKoby 1905
genusOrbignygyraAlloiteau 1952
speciestenella(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Orbignygyra tenella Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Diploria meridionalis Vidal 1921 [synonym], Diplothecophyllia basseae Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Baron-Szabo 2006Corallum massive, meandroid, corallites indistinct or subdistinct, arranged in short sinuous series; ambulacrae irregularly present; costosepta compact, nonconfluent, granulated laterally, arranged in two size orders, in some areas third order septa present; irregularly alternating in length and thickness; columella lamellar, discontinuous; wall septothecal and parathecal; endotheca dissepiments
vesicular, mainly occurring in the peripheral areas of calicinal
series.