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Madrepora dianthus Esper, 1794 
AphiaID: 493869

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Madrepora (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
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Accepted name  Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834
Parent Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758
Source  basis of record: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices  [details]

Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:493869
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2010-08-09 23:59:51Z  created  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Madrepora dianthus Esper, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=493869 on 2013-05-23
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