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Scolymia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Scolymia was named by Haime (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009); and to Mussinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Scolymia Haime
2000Scolymia Veron p. 66
2002Scolymia Sepkoski
2009Scolymia Dai and Horng
2012Scolymia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusScolymiaHaime 1852

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. Scolymia Haime 1852
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Scolymia australis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766
Scolymia vitiensis Brueggemann 1877
Invalid names: Parascolymia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available