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Turbinaria frondens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Gemmipora frondens was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbinaria frondens by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Gemmipora frondens Dana
1896Turbinaria contorta Bernard
1896Turbinaria danae Bernard
2005Turbinaria frondens Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTurbinariaOken 1815
speciesfrondens(Dana 1846)

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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Invalid names: Turbinaria contorta Bernard 1896 [synonym], Turbinaria danae Bernard 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available