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Polyphylloseris icaunensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseriidae

Taxonomy

Polyphyllastraea icaunensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Polyphylloseris icaunensis by Fromentel (1857) and Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. kobyi

Synonyms

Polyphyllastraea simondsi was named by Wells (1932). Its type locality is Pleasant Valley Crossing, Blanco River, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Polyphylloseris simondsi by Wells (1943); it was synonymized subjectively with Polyphylloseris distefanoi by Tomás et al. (2008); it was recombined as Elephantaria simondsi by Baron-Szabo (2009); it was synonymized subjectively with Polyphylloseris icaunensis by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Polyphyllastraea icaunensis d'Orbigny
1857	Polyphylloseris icaunensis Fromentel
1932	Polyphyllastraea simondsi Wells
1943	Polyphylloseris simondsi Wells
2009	Elephantaria simondsi Baron-Szabo
2018	Polyphylloseris icaunensis Baron-Szabo

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
family	Comoseriidae	Fromentel 1861
genus	Polyphylloseris	Fromentel 1857
species	icaunensis	(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Polyphylloseris icaunensis d'Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Polyphyllastraea simondsi Wells 1932 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available