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Pocillopora madreporacea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Alveolites madreporacea was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was recombined as Pocillopora madreporacea by d'Achiardi (1868).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Alveolites madreporacea Lamarck
1868Pocillopora madreporacea d'Achiardi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusPocilloporaLamarck 1816
speciesmadreporacea(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.

Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
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