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Mesomorpha

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Mesomorpha was named by Pratz (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u T Than-l Sepkoski's reference number: 796,837]. It is not extant. Its type is Porites mammillata.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Curtoseriidae by Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Thamnasteriidae by Roniewicz (1976), Beauvais (1986) and Löser (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Stylomaeandra de Fromentel
1883Mesomorpha Pratz
1911Ahrdorffia Trauth
1956Ahrdorffia Wells
1976Mesomorpha Roniewicz
1986Mesomorpha Beauvais
2002Stylomaeandra Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni p. 58
2002Ahrdorffia Sepkoski
2002Mesomorpha Sepkoski
2006Mesomorpha Baron-Szabo p. 66
2010Mesomorpha Löser p. 587

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusMesomorphaPratz 1883

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. †Mesomorpha Pratz 1883
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Mesomorpha andrusovi Kuzmicheva 1975
Mesomorpha bussoni Beauvais 1966
Mesomorpha chaetetoides Trauth 1911
Mesomorpha dubia Koby 1888
Mesomorpha duncani Vaughan 1900
Mesomorpha excavata d'Orbigny 1850
Mesomorpha magna Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993
Mesomorpha mammillata Reuss 1854
Mesomorpha minima Löser 1989
Mesomorpha newpassensis Roniewicz and Stanley 1998
Mesomorpha pesudomammosa Beauvais 1972
Mesomorpha pseudomammosa Beauvais 1972
Mesomorpha punctata de Fromentel 1857
Mesomorpha pyanovskae Kuzmicheva 1970
Mesomorpha simionescui Roniewicz 1976
Mesomorpha urgonensis Koby 1898
Mesomorpha vaughani Wells 1932
Invalid names: Ahrdorffia Trauth 1911 [synonym], Stylomaeandra de Fromentel 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available