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Manicina areolata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora areolata was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was recombined as Maeandrina areolata by Lesueur (1821); it was recombined as Maeandra areolata by Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Manicina areolata by Leuckart (1841) and Duerden (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. flexuosa

Synonyms
  • Manicina mayori was named by Wells (1936). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Manicina areolata by Kiessling et al. (2011).
  • Madrepora gyrosa was named by Ellis and Solander (1786).

    It was recombined as Meandrina gyrosa by Lamarck (1816); it was recombined as Manicina gyrosa by Ehrenberg (1834) and Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Colpophyllia gyrosa by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Mussa gyrosa by Dana (1848); it was synonymized subjectively with Manicina areolata by Cairns (1982) and Cairns (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora areolata Linnaeus
1786Madrepora gyrosa Ellis and Solander
1816Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck
1821Maeandrina areolata Lesueur
1834Manicina gyrosa Ehrenberg
1841Manicina areolata Leuckart
1848Mussa gyrosa Dana
1848Colpophyllia gyrosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1901Maeandra areolata Verrill
1901Manicina gyrosa Verrill
1902Manicina areolata Duerden
1936Manicina mayori Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciesareolata(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.

†Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manicina gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym], Manicina mayori Wells 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available