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Hydnophyllia scalaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina scalaria was named by Catullo (1856).

It was recombined as Hydnophyllia scalaria by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Meandrina scalaria Catullo
1864Hydnophora longicollis Reuss
1864Leptoria eocaenica Reuss
1889Hydnophyllia eocaenica Reis
1896Hydnophyllia longicollis Oppenheim
1999Colpophyllia longicollis Bosellini
2002Colpophyllia eocaenica Schuster
2016Hydnophyllia scalaria Budd and Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophylliaReis 1889
speciesscalaria(Catullo 1856)

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.

Hydnophyllia scalaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Colpophyllia eocaenica Reuss 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora longicollis Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available