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Mesomorpha excavata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Centrastrea excavata was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Ahrdorffia excavata by Morycowa (1964); it was recombined as Mesomorpha excavata by Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Centrastrea excavata d'Orbigny
1964Ahrdorffia excavata Morycowa
1981Mesomorpha excavata Turnsek and Mihajlovic

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMesomorphaPratz 1883
speciesexcavata(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

Mesomorpha excavata d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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