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Montastrea alpina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea alpina was named by d'Achiardi (1867).

It was recombined as Orbicella alpina by Kolosvary (1956); it was recombined as Montastrea alpina by Maddaleni (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Heliastrea alpina d'Achiardi
1956Orbicella alpina Kolosvary
1997Montastrea alpina Maddaleni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesalpina(d'Achiardi 1867)

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.

Montastrea alpina d'Achiardi 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available