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Cladocora gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia gracilis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Rhabdophyllia gracilis by Fromentel (1864); it was recombined as Cladocora gracilis by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Cladocora tenuis was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Goniocora tenuis by Alloiteau (1957); it was recombined as Procladocora tenuis by Beauvais and Beauvais (1974); it was synonymized subjectively with Cladocora gracilis by Baron-Szabo (2006).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Calamophyllia gracilis d'Orbigny
1854Cladocora tenuis Reuss
1864Rhabdophyllia gracilis Fromentel
1957Goniocora tenuis Alloiteau
1974Procladocora tenuis Beauvais and Beauvais
2006Cladocora gracilis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCladocoraEhrenberg 1834
speciesgracilis(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available