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Psammocora stellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocora stellata was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Psammocora (Stephanaria) stellata by López-Pérez (2005); it was recombined as Psammocora stellata by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2011-02-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Stephanocora stellata Verrill
2005Psammocora stellata Inskipp et al.
2005Psammocora (Stephanaria) stellata López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846
speciesstellata(Verrill 1866)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Psammocora stellata Verrill 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available