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Placophyllia dianthus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron dianthus was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Placophyllia rugosa by Kolodziej (2003); it was recombined as Placophyllia dianthus by Becker (1875) and Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron dianthus Goldfuss
1875Placophyllia dianthus Becker
2018Placophyllia dianthus Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
genusPlacophylliad'Orbigny 1848
speciesdianthus(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Placophyllia dianthus Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
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