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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus verrucosus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus by Chevalier (1961).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Trochocyathus verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1871Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss
1961Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus 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)
speciesverrucosus(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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 (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available