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Stephanocoenia spongiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Plesiastrea spongiformis was named by Duncan (1864).

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia spongiformis by Foster (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Plesiastrea spongiformis Duncan
1987Stephanocoenia spongiformis Foster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusStephanocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesspongiformis(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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available