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Leptoseris cucullata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora cucullata was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Agaricia cucullata by Lamarck (1801); it was recombined as Mycedium cucullata by Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Helioseris cucullata by Goreau and Wells (1967); it was recombined as Leptoseris cucullata by Veron (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora cucullata Ellis and Solander
1801Agaricia cucullata Lamarck
1901Mycedium cucullata Verrill
1967Helioseris cucullata Goreau and Wells
2000Leptoseris cucullata Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusLeptoserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciescucullata(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786
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Diagnosis
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