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Mareastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Discussion

Considered to be a sub-genus of Acanthastraea Milne-Edwards et Haime. See http://www.corallosphere.org/taxon/865.html

Taxonomy
Mareastraea was named by Chevalier (1968). It is not extant. Its type is Mareastraea grandiflora.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Chevalier (1968); and to Scleractinia by Launay (1985).

Species
M. grandiflora (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mareastraea Chevalier
1985Mareastraea Launay

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusMareastraea

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.

G. †Mareastraea Chevalier 1968
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Mareastraea grandiflora Chevalier 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available