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Thamnasteria japonica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Centrastrea japonica was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Oshima Island, Kesennuma, which is in a Hauterivian shallow subtidal limestone in the Yokonuma Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria japonica by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Centrastrea japonica Eguchi
2008Thamnasteria japonica Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesjaponica()

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.

Thamnasteria japonica Eguchi 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available