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Astraeomorpha confusa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea confusa was named by Winckler (1861) [Thamnasteroid colonial coral.]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Astraeomorpha confusa by Roniewicz (1989), Prinz (1991), Stanley (1994), Caruthers and Stanley (2008), Shepherd et al. (2012) and Roniewicz and Stanley (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Thamnastraea confusa Winckler p. 488 fig. 8.10
1861Thamnastraea confusa Winkler
1989Astraeomorpha confusa Roniewicz
1991Astraeomorpha confusa Prinz
1994Astraeomorpha confusa Stanley, Jr. p. 84 figs. Pl 2, figs 5,6
2008Astraeomorpha confusa Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.
2012Astraeomorpha confusa Shepherd et al. p. 808 figs. 7.9, 7.10
2013Astraeomorpha confusa Roniewicz and Stanley p. 961 figs. 11.7-11.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAstraeomorphidaeFrech 1890
genusAstraeomorphaReuss 1854
speciesconfusa()

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.

†Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available