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Scolymia cubensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia cubensis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scolymia cubensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Caryophyllia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime
2005Scolymia cubensis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusScolymiaHaime 1852
speciescubensis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)

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.

Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available