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Thecopsammia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecopsammia was named by Pourtales (1868). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Kuzmicheva (1987).

Species
T. cylindrica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Thecopsammia Pourtales
1987Thecopsammia Kuzmicheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusThecopsammiaPourtales 1868

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.

G. Thecopsammia Pourtales 1868
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†Thecopsammia cylindrica Kuzmicheva 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available