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Mopsea

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Isididae

Taxonomy
Mopsea is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Isididae by Squires (1999); and to Gorgonida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Mopsea Squires p. 9
2002Mopsea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyIsididaeLamouroux 1812
genusMopsea

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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Mopsea costata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Mopsea tenisoni Chapman 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available