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Latiphyllia clausa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea clausa was named by Quenstedt (1858).

It was recombined as Latiphyllia clausa by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. ragaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Thamnastraea clausa Quenstedt
1954Latiphyllia clausa Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciesclausa(Quenstedt 1858)

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.

†Latiphyllia clausa Quenstedt 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available