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Cardiastraea cristata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Cardiastraea cristata was named by Beauvais (1978). Its type locality is J. Outita col de Moussanoua, Atlas Mountains, which is in a Toarcian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cardiastraea cristata Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyDistichophylliinaeBeauvais 1980
genusCardiastraeaBeauvais 1978
speciescristata

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Cardiastraea cristata Beauvais 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available