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Diploastrea aequalicostata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea aequalicostata was named by Osasco (1897).

It was recombined as Thegioastraea aequalicostata by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Diploastrea aequalicostata by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Heliastrea aequalicostata Osasco
1961Thegioastraea aequalicostata Chevalier
2014Diploastrea aequalicostata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesaequalicostata(Osasco 1897)

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
No diagnoses are available