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Siderastrea adkinsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Synastrea adkinsi was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica.

It was recombined as Siderastrea adkinsi by Schafhauser et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Synastrea adkinsi Wells
2003Siderastrea adkinsi Schafhauser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesadkinsi()

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.

Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available