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Amphiastrea piriformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea piriformis was named by Gregory (1900).

It was recombined as Connectastrea piriformis by Beauvais (1966); it was misspelled as Amphiastraea piriformis by Pandey and Fürsich (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory
1966Connectastrea piriformis Beauvais
2005Amphiastraea piriformis Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastreaEtallon 1859
speciespiriformisGregory 1900

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.

Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available