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Goniopora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Taxonomy
Goniopora was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm R Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Poritidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Poritidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
G. affinis, G. aldrichi, G. ameliana, G. astraeoides, G. aucillana, G. ballistensis, G. bieskidensis, G. calhounensis, G. cascadensis, G. christianiaensis, G. ciliatus, G. columna, G. daxitertia, G. decaturensis, G. djiboutiensis, G. elegans (syn. Porites superposita, G. nomlandi), G. globulosa, G. granosa, G. hilli (syn. G. canalis), G. imperatoris, G. jacobiana, G. katzeri, G. laurina, G. lobata, G. lubinensis, G. matsoni, G. micrantha, G. microscopica (syn. Litharaea colae), G. microsiderea, G. minor, G. nodulosa, G. norfolkensis, G. octopartita, G. palmensis, G. panamensis, G. planulata, G. polyformis, G. retifera, G. reussiana (syn. G. trechmanni, G. taberi), G. rudis, G. savignyi, G. somaliensis, G. stokesi, G. stutchburyi, G. tampaensis, G. tenella, G. tenuidens, G. turonensis, G. vaughani, G. websteri (syn. Litharaea subepithecata, G. epithecata)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1830 | Goniopora Blainville |
| 1849 | Litharaea Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1849 | Goniaraea d'Orbigny |
| 1989 | Rothastrea Eliasova p. 92 |
| 1994 | Goniaraea Alvarez et al. |
| 2000 | Goniopora Veron p. 348 |
| 2002 | Goniopora Sepkoski, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available