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Horastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae

Taxonomy
Horastrea was named by Pichon (1971) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Veron (2000); and to Coscinaraeidae by Benzoni et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Horastrea Pichon
2000Horastrea Veron
2012Horastrea Benzoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyCoscinaraeidae
genusHorastreaPichon 1971

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.

G. Horastrea Pichon 1971
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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