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Madracis  Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53007

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderAstrocoeniina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyPocilloporidae Gray, 1842  
                         GenusMadracis Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
    Direct Children:  
                            Species Madracis asanoi Yabe and Sugiyama, 1936  
                            Species Madracis asperula Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849  
                            Species Madracis brueggemanni (Ridley, 1881)  
                            Species Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859) – ten-ray star coral 
                            Species Madracis formosa Wells, 1973 – eight-ray finger coral 
                            Species Madracis hellana Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850  
                            Species Madracis interjecta Marenzeller, 1907  
                            Species Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Madracis kirbyi Veron and Pichon, 1976  
                            Species Madracis myriaster (Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1849) – striate finger coral 
                            Species Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868)  
                            Species Madracis profunda Zibrowius, 1980  
                            Species Madracis senaria Wells, 1974  
                            Species Madracis singularis Rehberg, 1892  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.  
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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