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Cyphastrea microphthalma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea microphthalma was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was recombined as Cyphastrea microphthalma by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astrea microphthalma Lamarck
1914Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai
1914Cyphastrea microphthalma Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCyphastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicrophthalma(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available