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Madrepora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora was named by Linne (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 1125]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Leptoria by Veron et al. (1977).

It was assigned to Oculinidae by Filkorn (1994); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora Linne
1994Madrepora Filkorn
2002Amphelia Sepkoski
2002Madrepora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusMadreporaLinne 1758

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. Madrepora Linne 1758
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Subg. †Madrepora (Amphihelia) Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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Amphihelia alternans Gerth 1923
Madrepora bureaui Filliozat 1914
Madrepora costata Filliozat 1914
Madrepora granulata Tenison-Woods 1880
Madrepora kauaiensis Vaughan 1907
Madrepora mitsukurii Niko et al. 2016
Madrepora natchitochensis Vaughan 1900
Madrepora oculata Linnaeus 1758
Madrepora poculata Ellis and Solander 1786
Madrepora porcellana Moseley 1881
Madrepora profunda Chevalier 1961
Madrepora punctulata Conrad 1848
Madrepora solida Nomland 1916
Madrepora vasseuri Filliozat 1914
Madrepora vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
Invalid names: Amphelia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available