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Acanthocyathus grayi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocyathus grayi was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. spiniger

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Acanthocyathus grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime
1923Acanthocyathus malayicus Gerth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusAcanthocyathusLamarck 1801
speciesgrayiMilne-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.

†Acanthocyathus grayi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus malayicus Gerth 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available