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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) versicostatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia versicostata was named by Michelin (1841).

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbinolia versicostata Michelin
1848Trochocyathus versicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) versicostatus 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
subgenusAcanthocyathus(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
speciesversicostatus(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
No diagnoses are available