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Madracis decaseptata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocoenia decaseptata was named by Weisbord (1971). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is FLX [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Madracis decaseptata by Stemann (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. almerai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Stephanocoenia decaseptata Weisbord
2003Madracis decaseptata Stemann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusMadracisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesdecaseptata()

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.

†Madracis decaseptata Weisbord 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available