Taxonomic Hierarchy 
      
        
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 |   | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals | 
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|   |    Phylum | Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888
 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra | 
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|   |       Subphylum | Anthozoa 
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|   |          Class | Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834
 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia | 
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|   |             Subclass | Hexacorallia 
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|   |                Order | Scleractinia Bourne, 1900
 – stony corals, madrépores | 
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|   |                   Suborder | Faviina Vaughan and Wells, 1943
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|   |                      Family | Pectiniidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943
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|   |                         Genus | Pectinia Oken, 1815
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|   |                            Species | Pectinia paeonia (Dana, 1846) | 
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