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Dimorphastrea speciosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea speciosa was named by Becker (1875).

It was recombined as Dimorphastrea speciosa by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Thamnastraea speciosa Becker
1954Dimorphastrea speciosa Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusDimorphastread'Orbigny 1850
speciesspeciosa(Becker 1875)

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Dimorphastrea speciosa Becker 1875
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Diagnosis
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