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Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) raricostatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia raricostata was named by Michelotti (1838).

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia raricostata Michelotti
1848Trochocyathus raricostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961Caryophyllia (Ceratocyathus) raricostatus 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)
speciesraricostatus(Michelotti 1838)

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