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Notocyathus viola

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia viola was named by Duncan (1864).

It was recombined as Notocyathus viola by Tenison-Woods (1880).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. cuspidatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Caryophyllia viola Duncan
1880Notocyathus viola Tenison-Woods

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyTurbinoliinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
genusNotocyathusTenison-Woods 1880
speciesviola(Duncan 1864)

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.

†Notocyathus viola Duncan 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available