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Montastraea franksi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea franksi was named by Gregory (1895). It is extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella franksi by Kiessling (2014) and Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Montastraea franksi Gregory
2014Orbicella franksi Huang et al.
2014Orbicella franksi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciesfranksiGregory 1895

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.

Montastraea franksi Gregory 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available