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Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia cylindrica was named by Michelotti (1838).

It was recombined as Balanophyllia cylindrica by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Eupsammia cylindrica by Kühn (1965); it was recombined as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica by Chaix and Cahuzac (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia cylindrica Michelotti
1848Balanophyllia cylindrica Milne-Edwards and Haime
1965Eupsammia cylindrica Kühn
2001Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica Chaix and Cahuzac

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
subgenusEupsammia
speciescylindrica(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
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