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Retiophyllia delicata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Paradistichophyllum delicatum was named by Deng and Zhang (1984). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Retiophyllia delicata by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Paradistichophyllum delicatum Deng and Zhang
2008Retiophyllia delicata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesdelicata()

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.

Retiophyllia delicata Deng and Zhang 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available