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Trochocyathus speciosus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platytrochus speciosus was named by Gabb and Horn (1860).

It was recombined as Trochocyathus speciosus by Vaughan (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Platytrochus speciosus Gabb and Horn
1902Trochocyathus speciosus Vaughan
1902Trochocyathus epicharis Wanner
1933Trochocyathus mississippiensis Wells
1938Trochocyathus kroisbachensis Traub
1955Deltocyathus staszici Rozkowska
1958Paratrochocyathus epicharis Alloiteau
1958Trochocyathus lemniscatus Squires
1970Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus Hassan and Salama
1970Protrochocyathus deniseptatus Hassan and Salama
1972Trochocyathus johannesi Floris
1987Tethocyathus kopetdagensis Kuzmicheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesspeciosus(Gabb and Horn 1860)

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.

Trochocyathus speciosus Gabb and Horn 1860
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Invalid names: Deltocyathus staszici Rozkowska 1955 [synonym], Paratrochocyathus epicharis Wanner 1902 [synonym], Paratrochocyathus lemniscatus Squires 1958 [synonym], Protrochocyathus deniseptatus Hassan and Salama 1970 [synonym], Tethocyathus kopetdagensis Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym], Trochocyathus johannesi Floris 1972 [synonym], Trochocyathus kroisbachensis Traub 1938 [synonym], Trochocyathus mississippiensis Wells 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available