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Lophelia parvisepta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Scolangia parvisepta was named by Tenison-Woods (1880).

It was recombined as Lophelia parvisepta by Squires (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. brachycephala, L. gracilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Scolangia parvisepta Tenison-Woods
1958Lophelia parvisepta Squires

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusLopheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesparvisepta(Tenison-Woods 1880)

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.

†Lophelia parvisepta Tenison-Woods 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available