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Leptoria phrygia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora phrygia was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Platygyra phrygia by Matthai (1928); it was recombined as Leptoria phrygia by Gerth (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora phrygia Ellis and Solander
1846Leptoria tenuis Dana
1846Maeandrina tenuis Dana
1846Meandrina gracilis Dana
1928Platygyra gracilis Matthai
1928Platygyra phrygia Matthai
1931Leptoria phrygia Gerth
1932Leptoria gracilis Yabe and Sugiyama
1937Platygyra tenuis Yabe and Sugiyama

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusLeptoriaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesphrygia(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Leptoria phrygia Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Leptoria gracilis Dana 1846 [synonym], Leptoria tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym], Platygyra tenuis Dana 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available