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Leptopsammia (cup coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Leptopsammia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Cairns (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Leptopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime
2001Leptopsammia Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusLeptopsammiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

G. Leptopsammia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [cup coral]
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Leptopsammia zbyszewskii Chevalier 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available