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Acanthastrea echinata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Astrea echinata was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acanthastrea echinata by Vaughan (1918).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea echinata Dana
1918Acanthastrea echinata Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusAcanthastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesechinata(Dana 1846)

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.

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Diagnosis
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