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Nyctopora

Anthozoa - Lichenariida - Lyoporidae

Taxonomy
Nyctopora was named by Nicholson (1879).

It was assigned to Lyoporinae by Hill (1981) and Pandolfi (1985); and to Tabulata by Hill (1953) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Nyctopora Nicholson
1953Nyctopora Hill
1981Nyctopora Hill
1985Nyctopora Pandolfi p. 20
2002Nyctopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderLichenariida
familyLyoporidaeKiaer 1930
subfamilyLyoporinaeKiaer 1930
genusNyctoporaNicholson 1879

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.

G. †Nyctopora Nicholson 1879
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Nyctopora multa Volkova et al. 1978
Nyctopora mutabilis Flower 1961
Nyctopora nondescripta Flower 1961
Nyctopora vantuyli Bassler 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available