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Diploastrea heliopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea heliopora was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Diploastrea heliopora by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astrea heliopora Lamarck
1846Astrea patula Dana
1857Acanthastrea patula Milne-Edwards and Haime
1904Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner
1914Diploastrea heliopora Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesheliopora(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acanthastrea patula Dana 1846 [synonym], Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available