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Lophelia
Taxonomy
Lophelia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2003).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Caryophylliidae by Kiessling (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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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.
G. Lophelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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†Lophelia parvisepta Tenison-Woods 1880
†Lophelia tubaeformis Squires 1957
Invalid names: Lophohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available