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Millepora

Hydrozoa - Milleporina

Taxonomy
Millepora is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Milleporidae.

It was assigned to Milleporidae by Bayer et al. (1956) and Rehfeld and Ernst (1998); and to Milleporina by Veron (2000) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Millepora Bayer et al. p. F94
1998Millepora Rehfeld and Ernst p. 136
2000Millepora Veron p. 400
2002Millepora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderMilleporina
genusMillepora

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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Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus 1758
Millepora depauperata Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Millepora cylindrica Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775
Millepora irregularis Rehfeld and Ernst 1998
Millepora mammillaris d'Achiardi 1867
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834
Millepora subpirenaica Altuna et al. 2007
Millepora verrucosa Reuss 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available