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Millepora  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 50876

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassHydrozoa Owen, 1843 – hydralike animals, hydroids, hydrozoans, hydraires, hydrozoaires, água viva, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, pólipo  
             SubclassHydroidolina   
                OrderAnthoathecatae  – athecate hydroids, hydromedusae  
                   SuborderCapitata Kühn, 1913  
                      FamilyMilleporidae Fleming, 1828 – fire corals  
                         GenusMillepora Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                            SpeciesMillepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758 – fire coral, fire coral 
                            SpeciesMillepora boschmai De Weerdt and Glynn, 1991  
                            SpeciesMillepora braziliensis Verrill, 1868  
                            SpeciesMillepora complanata Lamarck, 1816 – bladed fire coral, bladed fire coral 
                            SpeciesMillepora dichotoma (Forskål, 1775)  
                            SpeciesMillepora exaesa (Forskål, 1775)  
                            SpeciesMillepora foveolata Crossland, 1952  
                            SpeciesMillepora intricata Edwards, 1857  
                            SpeciesMillepora latifolia Boschma, 1948  
                            SpeciesMillepora moniliformis Dana, 1846  
                            SpeciesMillepora murrayi Quelch, 1884  
                            SpeciesMillepora nitida Verrill, 1868  
                            SpeciesMillepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1834  
                            SpeciesMillepora squarrosa Lamarck, 1816  
                            SpeciesMillepora striata Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864  
                            SpeciesMillepora tenella (Ortmann, 1892)  
                            SpeciesMillepora tenera Boschma, 1949  
                            SpeciesMillepora tuberosa Boschma, 1966  
                            SpeciesMillepora xishaensis Zou, 1978  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Stephen D. Cairns   
  Notes: Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA   
  Reference for: Millepora    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Millepora   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grassé, Pierre-P., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie: Cnidaires, Hydrazoaires, Scyphozoaires, Cubozoaires, Cténaires, Tome 3, fascicule 2   
  Page(s): 1-1117   
  Publisher: Masson   
  Publication Place: Paris, France   
  ISBN/ISSN: 2-225-81332-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Millepora   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Raymond C.   
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata   
  Page(s): xx + F1-F498   
  Publisher: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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  Notes: 1963 reprint edition. Separately authored chapters may include original descriptions   
  Reference for: Millepora   
       

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