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Favites valenciennesii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Phymastrea valenciennesii was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Favia valenciennesii by Matthai (1924); it was recombined as Montastrea valenciennesii by Kiessling et al. (2011); it was recombined as Favites valenciennesii by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Phymastrea valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime
1924Favia valenciennesii Matthai
2011Montastrea valenciennesii Kiessling et al.
2014Favites valenciennesii Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesvalenciennesii(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Favites valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
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