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Trochocyathus egerius

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia egeria was named by White (1879). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus egerius by Wells (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Caryophyllia egeria White
1933Trochocyathus egerius Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesegerius(White 1879)

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.

†Trochocyathus egerius White 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available