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Goniopora websteri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Astrea websteri was named by Bowerbank (1840).

It was recombined as Litharaea websteri by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850); it was recombined as Goniopora websteri by Kuzmicheva (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Astrea websteri Bowerbank
1850Litharaea websteri Milne-Edwards and Haime
1880Litharaea epithecata Duncan
1912Litharaea subepithecata Oppenheim
1914Goniopora epithecata Felix
1975Goniopora websteri Kuzmicheva
1988Litharaeopsis subepithecata Drobne et al.
1998Litharaea subepithecata Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusGonioporaBlainville 1830
specieswebsteri(Bowerbank 1840)

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 websteri Bowerbank 1840
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Invalid names: Goniopora epithecata Duncan 1880 [synonym], Litharaea subepithecata Oppenheim 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available