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Eupsammia compressa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Eupsammia compressa was named by Sismonda (1871). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Balanophyllia compressa by Seguenza (1880) and Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Eupsammia compressa Sismonda
1880Balanophyllia compressa Seguenza
2014Balanophyllia compressa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusEupsammiaWood 1844
speciescompressaSismonda 1871

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.

Eupsammia compressa Sismonda 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available