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Meandrina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Meandrininae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Trachyphylliidae by López-Pérez (2005); and to Meandrinidae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Meandrina Lamarck
1815Maeandra Oken
1956Meandrina Wells
2002Meandrina Sepkoski
2005Meandrina López-Pérez p. 83
2012Meandrina Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801

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. Meandrina Lamarck 1801
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Meandrina africana Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Meandrina alahuelensis Budd et al. 1992
Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Meandrina filograna Esper 1791
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Maeandra Oken 1815 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available