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Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Balanophyllia meneghinii was named by Sismonda (1871).

It was recombined as Eupsammia meneghinii by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Balanophyllia meneghinii Sismonda
1961Eupsammia meneghinii Chevalier
2014Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
subgenusEupsammia
speciesmeneghinii(Sismonda 1871)

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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