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Favites flexuosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea flexuosa was named by Dana (1846).

It was recombined as Favites flexuosa by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. fungiformis, F. gajensis, F. tenuiseptata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea flexuosa Dana
1918Favites flexuosa Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesflexuosa(Dana 1846)

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.

†Favites flexuosa Dana 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available