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Melikerona

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae

Taxonomy
Melikerona was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath J Call Sepkoski's reference number: 847]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dendrogyriidae by Beauvais (1966); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Melikerona Alloiteau
1966Melikerona Beauvais
2002Melikerona Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMeandriinaAlloiteau 1952
familyDendrogyriidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMelikerona

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. †Melikerona Alloiteau 1958
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Melikerona parva Gregory 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available