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Protoheterastrea leonhardi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Hexastraea leonhardi was named by Volz (1896). It is the type species of Protoheterastrea.

It was recombined as Protoheterastrea leonhardi by Wells (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protoheterastrea leonhardi Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusProtoheterastreaWells 1937
speciesleonhardi(Volz 1896)

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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Diagnosis
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