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Lithostrotion araneum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Astrea aranea was named by McCoy (1844). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Lithostrotion araneum by Poty (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Astrea aranea McCoy
1981Lithostrotion araneum Poty

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyLithostrotioninaed'Orbigny 1852
genusLithostrotionFleming 1828
speciesaraneum(McCoy 1844)

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.

Lithostrotion araneum McCoy 1844
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Diagnosis
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