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Amphelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 
AphiaID: 513910

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Oculinidae Gray, 1847
Source Not documented
Note  Synonymy: a junior objective synonym of Madrepora [details]
Images 
Living coral thickets on Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight
[image from typetaxon]
Living coral thickets on Galway Mound, Porcupine Seabight
added on 2006-06-10 - author: AWI/Ifremer
qualitystatus: checked by Cairns, Stephen on 2012-08-27 16:17:21

A detail of Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata
[image from typetaxon]
A detail of Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata
added on 2008-09-22
qualitystatus: checked by Cairns, Stephen on 2012-08-27 16:17:26

Madrepora oculata
[image from typetaxon]
Madrepora oculata
added on 2008-11-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Cairns, Stephen on 2012-08-27 16:17:56

Madrepora oculata
[image from typetaxon]
Madrepora oculata
added on 2012-10-09 - author: Expedition to the Deep Slope (NOAA–OE) ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513910
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2010-09-08 12:59:53Z  created  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Amphelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513910 on 2013-05-21
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