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Thamnasteria mammosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea mammosa was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Centrastrea mammosa by de Fromentel (1858); it was recombined as Thamnasteria mammosa by Beauvais (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thamnastraea mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1858Centrastrea mammosa de Fromentel
1972Thamnasteria mammosa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesmammosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
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