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Actinastrea pentagonalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astraea pentagonalis was named by Goldfuss (1829).

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia pentagonalis by Becker and Milaschewitsch (1875); it was recombined as Actinastrea pentagonalis by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Astraea pentagonalis Goldfuss
1875Stephanocoenia pentagonalis Becker and Milaschewitsch
2003Actinastrea pentagonalis Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciespentagonalis(Goldfuss 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.

Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829
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Diagnosis
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