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Stylophora elongata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Porites elongata was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Stylophora elongata by Klunzinger (1879).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. confusa, S. minuta, S. papuensis, S. tuberosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Porites elongata Lamarck
1879Stylophora elongata Klunzinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
specieselongata(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Stylophora elongata Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available