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Montastrea exsculpta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea exsculpta was named by Reuss (1854).

It was recombined as Phyllocoenia exsculpta by Felix (1903); it was recombined as Montastrea exsculpta by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Astrea exsculpta Reuss
1903Phyllocoenia exsculpta Felix
2009Montastrea exsculpta Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesexsculpta(Reuss 1854)

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.

Montastrea exsculpta Reuss 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available