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Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) undulatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia undulata was named by Michelin (1841).

It was recombined as Trochocyathus undulatus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) undulatus by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbinolia undulata Michelin
1848Trochocyathus undulatus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) undulatus Chevalier

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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
subgenusCeratocyathus(Seguenza 1863)
speciesundulatus(Michelin 1841)

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
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