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Tubastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Tubastraea was named by Lesson (1829). It is extant. Its type is Tubastraea coccinea.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Stolarski (1996).

Species
T. coccinea (type species), T. nomlandi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Tubastraea Lesson
1996Tubastraea Stolarski p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTubastraeaLesson 1829

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. Tubastraea Lesson 1829
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Tubastraea coccinea Lesson 1829
†Tubastraea nomlandi Durham 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available