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Montastrea texana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella texana was named by Vaughan (1903). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Montastrea texana by Cairns (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Orbicella texana Vaughan
1991Montastrea texana Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciestexana(Vaughan 1903)

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 texana Vaughan 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available