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Dipsastraea laxa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella laxa was named by Klunzinger (1879). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia laxa by Inskipp et al. (2005); it was recombined as Dipsastraea laxa by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Orbicella laxa Klunzinger
2005Favia laxa Inskipp et al.
2014Dipsastraea laxa Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
specieslaxa(Klunzinger 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.

Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available