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Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) armatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia armata was named by Michelotti (1838).

It was recombined as Trochocyathus armatus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Odontocyathus armatus by Hegedus (1959); it was recombined as Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) armatus by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia armata Michelotti
1848Trochocyathus armatus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1959Odontocyathus armatus Hegedus
1961Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) armatus Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
subgenusAplocyathus(d'Orbigny 1849)
speciesarmatus(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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