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Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Synastrea moreana was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Thamnastraea moreana by Milne-Edwards (1857); it was recombined as Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana by de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Synastrea moreana d'Orbigny p. 36
1851Thamnastrea lorryana Milne Edwards and Haime p. 110
1857Thamnastraea moreana Milne-Edwards p. 578
1857Thamnastraea lorryana Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 530
1861Thamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana de Fromentel p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
speciesThamnastraea (Centrastraea) moreana()
subgenusCentrastraea
speciesmoreana()

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.

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Invalid names: Thamnastrea lorryana Milne Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available