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Echinophyllia echinata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Tridacophyllia echinata was named by Saville Kent (1871). It is extant.

It was recombined as Echinophyllia echinata by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Tridacophyllia echinata Saville Kent
2005Echinophyllia echinata Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusEchinophylliaKlunzinger 1879
speciesechinata(Saville Kent 1871)

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.

Echinophyllia echinata Saville Kent 1871
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Diagnosis
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