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Plesiastrea microcalyx

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea microcalyx was named by Felix (1884). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella microcalyx by Felix (1903); it was recombined as Plesiastrea microcalyx by Gregory (1898) and Gameil (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. anomala, P. decipiens, P. digitata, P. eocenica, P. horizontalis, P. pedunculata, P. sindiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Heliastrea microcalyx Felix
1898Plesiastrea microcalyx Gregory
1903Orbicella microcalyx Felix
2003Plesiastrea microcalyx Gameil

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
genusPlesiastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicrocalyx(Felix 1884)

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.

†Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available