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Heterocyathus aequicostatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterocyathus aequicostatus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. rousseaui

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1987Heterocyathus elongatus Hu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHeterocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesaequicostatusMilne-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.

Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Heterocyathus elongatus Hu 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available