Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Scleractinia

family

Merulinidae

genus

Platygyra

species

Platygyra sinensis

Name

Synonyms

Astroria sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Astroria stricta Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Coeloria delicatula Ortmann, 1888

Coeloria sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Coeloria stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Favia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Maeandra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Maeandrina delicatula (Ortmann, 1888)

Maeandrina sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Meandrina delicatula Ortmann, 1888

Meandrina sinensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Platygyra delicatula (Ortmann, 1888)

Platygyra sinensis var. delicatula (Ortmann, 1888)

Platygyra sinensis var. lamellosa Chevalier, 1975

Platygyra sinensis var. stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Platygyra stricta (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Homonyms

Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Common names

Lesser valley coral in language.

brain coral in English

lesser valley coral in English

lesser valley coral in English

シナノウサンゴ in Japanese

brain coral in English

lesser valley coral in English

シナノウサンゴ in Japanese

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