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Goniopora elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites elegans was named by Leymerie (1846).

It was recombined as Dictyaraea elegans by Reuss (1868); it was recombined as Goniaraea elegans by Felix (1884); it was recombined as Goniopora elegans by Kuzmicheva (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Porites elegans Leymerie
1868Dictyaraea elegans Reuss
1880Porites superposita Duncan
1884Goniaraea elegans Felix
1941Goniopora nomlandi Wells p. 311
1987Goniopora elegans Kuzmicheva
2005Goniopora nomlandi López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusGonioporaBlainville 1830
specieselegans(Leymerie 1846)

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.

Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846
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Invalid names: Goniopora nomlandi Wells 1941 [synonym], Porites superposita Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available