Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Alternative combinations: Astrea helianthoides, Isastraea helianthoides, Prionastrea helianthoides

Synonyms: Isastraea greenoughi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1854, Isastraea grenoughi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1854, Isastrea greenoughi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1854

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1826. Petrefacta Germaniæ tam ea : quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata = Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der petrefacten Deutschlands und der angränzenden Länder /. 1-76

Belongs to Isastrea according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006

See also Becker 1875, Bendukidze 1949, d'Orbigny 1850, de Fromentel 1861, Eichwald 1865, Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 and Pandey and Fürsich 2003

Sister taxa: Isastraea arachnoidea, Isastraea azzarolae, Isastraea bastiani, Isastraea bernardana, Isastraea blandina, Isastraea burgundiae, Isastraea cabanetana, Isastraea conferta, Isastraea corallina, Isastraea crassisepta, Isastraea dissimilis, Isastraea dubia, Isastraea excavata, Isastraea excavata, Isastraea explanulata, Isastraea favosiformis, Isastraea grandis, Isastraea henocquii, Isastraea koechlini, Isastraea lamartine, Isastraea martini, Isastraea moneta, Isastraea mosensis, Isastraea multistriata, Isastraea munsteri, Isastraea noe, Isastraea oblonga, Isastraea perforata, Isastraea portlandica, Isastraea propinqua, Isastraea striata, Isastraea turbinata, Isastrea alimena, Isastrea angulosa, Isastrea angustata, Isastrea bernardi, Isastrea bernardiana, Isastrea bernensis, Isastrea browni, Isastrea cesarensis, Isastrea collignoni, Isastrea condeana, Isastrea crassa, Isastrea decorata, Isastrea deligata, Isastrea elegans, Isastrea excentrica, Isastrea explanata, Isastrea explanulata, Isastrea fallax, Isastrea fasciata, Isastrea foliacea, Isastrea fromenteli, Isastrea goldfussi, Isastrea grandiflora, Isastrea greppini, Isastrea gresslyi, Isastrea hemisphaerica, Isastrea hourcqi, Isastrea incerta, Isastrea jurensis, Isastrea kosodeensis, Isastrea limitata, Isastrea lonsdalii, Isastrea marcoui, Isastrea matumotoi, Isastrea nantuacumensis, Isastrea neocomiensis, Isastrea octogona, Isastrea orbignyi, Isastrea parva, Isastrea parvistella, Isastrea propinqua, Isastrea qingyanensis, Isastrea rariseptata, Isastrea richardsoni, Isastrea robusta, Isastrea salinensis, Isastrea sinemuriensis, Isastrea splendida, Isastrea sugiyamai, Isastrea superficialis, Isastrea taruensis, Isastrea tenuisepta, Isastrea tenuistriata, Isastrea whitneyi, Isastrea yuraensis, Prionastrea goldfussiana, Parisastraea collignoni

Type specimens:

• Isastrea helianthoides: Lectotype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-218, a skeleton
• Isastrea greenoughi:

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

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