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Placocyathus variabilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placocyathus variabilis was named by Duncan (1864).

It was recombined as Meandrina (Placocyathus) variabilis by Budd et al. (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Placocyathus variabilis Duncan
1994Meandrina (Placocyathus) variabilis Budd et al.
2014Placocyathus variabilis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusPlacocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesvariabilisDuncan 1864

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.

Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864
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Diagnosis
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