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Meandrina antiguensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Maeandra antiguensis was named by Vaughan (1919). Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.

It was recombined as Meandrina antiguensis by Frost and Langenheim (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. medlicotti, M. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Maeandra antiguensis Vaughan
1974Meandrina antiguensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesantiguensis()

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.

†Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available