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Ovalastrea caryophylloides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Astrea caryophylloides was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is the type species of Ovalastrea.

It was recombined as Ovalastrea caryophylloides by Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea caryophylloides Goldfuss
1955Ovalastrea caryophylloides Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastread'Orbigny 1849
speciescaryophylloides(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Ovalastrea caryophylloides Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available