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Echinopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Echinopora was named by Lamarck (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Echinopora Lamarck
2000Echinopora Veron p. 252
2002Echinopora Sepkoski
2014Echinopora Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816

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. Echinopora Lamarck 1816
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Echinopora crassatina Gerth 1921
Echinopora forskaliana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Echinopora fruticulosa Klunzinger 1879
Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Echinopora carduus Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Echinopora hirsutissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Echinopora miocenica Duncan 1880
Echinopora porosa Gerth 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available