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Balanophyllia clarendonensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Eupsammia clarendonensis was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Whitney Valley, Clarendon Parish [Yellow Limestone Gp], which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal limestone in Jamaica.

It was recombined as Balanophyllia clarendonensis by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Eupsammia clarendonensis Wells
2008Balanophyllia clarendonensis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
speciesclarendonensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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