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Echinopora gemmacea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Explanaria gemmacea was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Echinopora gemmacea by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Explanaria gemmacea Lamarck
1879Echinopora carduus Klunzinger
2005Echinopora gemmacea Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816
speciesgemmacea(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Echinopora carduus Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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