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Actinastrea furcata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Allocoenia furcata was named by Etallon (1859).

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia furcata by de Fromentel (1864); it was recombined as Actinastrea furcata by Geyer (1955) and Rosendahl (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Allocoenia furcata Etallon
1864Stephanocoenia furcata de Fromentel
1955Actinastrea furcata Geyer
1966Allocoenia furcata Roniewicz
1985Actinastrea furcata Rosendahl

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesfurcata(Etallon 1859)

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.

Actinastrea furcata Etallon 1859
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Diagnosis
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