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Plesiastreidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Discussion

Dai CF, Horng S (2009) Scleractinia fauna of Taiwan. II. The robust group. National Taiwan University, Taipei, pp. 1-162.

Taxonomy
Plesiastreidae was named by Dai and Hong (2009). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Plesiastreidae Dai and Hong
2021Plesiastreidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009

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.

Fm. Plesiastreidae Dai and Hong 2009
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G. Plesiastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Plesiastrea costata Duncan 1880
Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933
Plesiastrea incerta Pratz 1910
Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884
Plesiastrea moravica Trauth 1911
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Invalid names: Stylina vaughani Reyeros-Navarro 1963 [synonym]
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816
Invalid names: Plesiastraeopsis Chevalier 1954 [synonym], Plesiastrea californica Arnold 1906 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available