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Duncanopsammia peltata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora peltata was named by Esper (1794). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbinaria peltata by Bernard (1896); it was recombined as Duncanopsammia peltata by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Madrepora peltata Esper
1896Turbinaria peltata Bernard
2014Duncanopsammia peltata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDuncanopsammiaWells 1936
speciespeltata(Esper 1794)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available