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Caryophyllia sismondai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathina sismondae was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Caryophyllia sismondai by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. antillarum, C. communis, C. gajensis, C. laevigata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cyathina sismondae Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857Caryophyllia sismondai Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
speciessismondai(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

†Caryophyllia sismondai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available