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Smittina cervicornis

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae

Taxonomy
Millepora cervicornis was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Porella cervicornis by Vavra (1979); it was recombined as Smittina cervicornis by Zabala and Maluquer (1988) and Schneider et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Millepora cervicornis Pallas
1979Porella cervicornis Vavra
1988Smittina cervicornis Zabala and Maluquer
2009Smittina cervicornis Schneider et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
RankNameAuthor
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
Lepraliomorpha(Gordon 1989)
superfamilySmittinoideaLevinsen 1909
familySmittinidaeLevinsen 1909
genusSmittinaNorman 1903
speciescervicornis(Pallas 1766)

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.

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Diagnosis
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