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Anthostylis acanthophora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae

Taxonomy
Coccophyllum acanthophorum was named by Frech (1890). It is not extant. It is the type species of Anthostylis.

It was recombined as Anthostylis acanthophora by Roniewicz (1989) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Coccophyllum acanthophorum Frech
1989Anthostylis acanthophora Roniewicz
1995Coccophyllum acanthophorum Prinz-Grimm
2008Anthostylis acanthophora Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyStylophyllidaeVolz 1896
genusAnthostylis
speciesacanthophora(Frech 1890)

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
No diagnoses are available