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Montipora schencki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Montipora schencki was named by Durham (1942). Its type locality is UCMP Loc. A-3206 - Observatory Point [Crescent Fm], which is in a Ypresian marine volcaniclastic in the Crescent Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. antiqua, M. micropora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Montipora schencki Durham
2005Montipora schencki López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusMontiporaBlainville 1830
speciesschencki

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.

†Montipora schencki Durham 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available