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Heteropsammia cochlea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora cochlea was named by Spengler (1781). It is extant.

It was recombined as Heteropsammia cochlea by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1781Madrepora cochlea Spengler
1848Heteropsammia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime
1860Heteropsammia cochlea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1872Heteropsammia ovalis Semper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHeteropsammiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescochlea(Spengler 1781)

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.

Heteropsammia cochlea Spengler 1781
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Invalid names: Heteropsammia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym], Heteropsammia ovalis Semper 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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