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Mycedium elephantotus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora elephantotus was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mycedium elephantotus by Oken (1815).

Synonyms
  • Phyllastraea tubifex was named by Dana (1846).

    It was recombined as Mycedium tubifex by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860); it was synonymized subjectively with Mycedium elephantotus by Kiessling (2014).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora elephantotus Pallas
1815Mycedium elephantotus Oken
1846Phyllastraea tubifex Dana
1860Mycedium tubifex Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusMycediumOken 1815
specieselephantotus(Pallas 1766)

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.

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Invalid names: Mycedium tubifex Dana 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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