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Coenastraea hyatti

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia hyatti was named by Wells (1942). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Coenastraea hyatti by Stanley and Beauvais (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Astrocoenia hyatti Wells
1990Coenastraea hyatti Stanley, Jr. and Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusCoenastraeaEtallon 1859
specieshyatti(Wells 1942)

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.

Coenastraea hyatti Wells 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available