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Oculina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Oculina was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R Sepkoski's reference number: 844]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oculinidae by Wells (1941) and Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Oculina Gray
1900Coelohelia Vaughan
1941Oculina Wells p. 312
2002Oculina Sepkoski
2006Oculina Baron-Szabo p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusOculinaGray 1847

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. Oculina Gray 1847
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Oculina alabamensis Vaughan 1900
Oculina aldrichi Vaughan 1900
Oculina antiqua de Gregorio 1930
Oculina becki Nielsen 1922
Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Oculina diffusa Lamarck 1816
Oculina harrisi Vaughan 1900
Oculina hobleyi Thomas 1948
Oculina nefrens Squires 1958
Oculina oamaruensis Park 1917
Oculina olssoni Wells 1941
Oculina osiris Wanner 1902
Oculina panzana Loel and Corey 1932
Oculina parvistella Reuss 1871
Oculina peruviana Vaughan 1922
Oculina robusta Pourtales 1871
Oculina sarasotana Weisbord 1971
Oculina singleyi Vaughan 1900
Oculina smithi Vaughan 1900
Oculina umbellata Dennant 1904
Oculina valenciennesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Oculina varicosa Lesueur 1820
Oculina virgosa Squires 1958
Oculina wagneriana Vaughan 1900
Invalid names: Coelohelia Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available