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Pectinia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Pectinia was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Pectinia Oken
1830Tridacophyllia Blainville
1884Physophyllia Duncan
1956Pectinia Wells
1992Physophyllia Veron
2002Pectinia Sepkoski
2014Pectinia 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
genusPectiniaOken 1815

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. Pectinia Oken 1815
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Pectinia ayleni Wells 1935
Pectinia lactuca Pallas 1766
Invalid names: Physophyllia Duncan 1884 [synonym], Tridacophyllia Blainville 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available