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Desmophyllum excavatum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia excavata was named by Hagenow (1839).

It was recombined as Coelosmilia excavata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Parasmilia excavata by Löser (2000); it was recombined as Desmophyllum excavatum by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Turbinolia excavata Hagenow
1850Coelosmilia laxa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1852Coelosmilia cupuliformis Reuss
1852Coelosmilia sacheri Reuss
1857Coelosmilia excavata Milne-Edwards and Haime
1902Coelosmilia libyca Wanner
1970Dungulia libyca Hassan and Salama
1982Desmophyllum laxum Kuzmicheva
2000Parasmilia excavata Löser
2008Desmophyllum excavatum Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyDesmophyllinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDesmophyllumEhrenberg 1834
speciesexcavatum(Hagenow 1839)

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.

Desmophyllum excavatum Hagenow 1839
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Invalid names: Coelosmilia cupuliformis Reuss 1852 [synonym], Coelosmilia libyca Wanner 1902 [synonym], Coelosmilia sacheri Reuss 1852 [synonym], Desmophyllum laxum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available